Voices
Jenny Sealey, who directed a group of Bangladeshi deaf and disabled actors to perform Romeo and Juliet, tells us whether it is harder for deaf and disabled actors to make it.
We spoke to Minglu Wang, who designed the stage set for the first Ukrainian adaptation of Shakespeare's The Winter’s Tale.
How can universities help students and academics fleeing violence in Syria and elsewhere? The British Council's Dr John Law answers.
What can Shakespeare's studies of power and politics tell us about the present? Dr Charlotte Scott explains why Shakespeare's history plays continue to fascinate.
Professor Richard Schoch explains how David Garrick, an 18th-century actor-manager and playwright, formed the popular attitudes towards Shakespeare that remain to this day.
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Kathryn Board and Teresa Tinsley, authors of the 2016 Language Trends survey, break down its findings.
Award-winning young Russian writer Alisa Ganieva published her first long story under a secret male pen name. She told us why.
Professor Ewan Fernie of the Shakespeare Institute explains how Shakespeare can help us understand who we are and what we might become.
Higher education institutions around the world share three big challenges. Can the UN's new development goals nudge universities towards solving them? The British Council's Nan Yeld answers.
How can parents be sure children's educational apps work? Tracy Dumais, a mobile learning consultant and young learner specialist for the British Council, answers.