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'History has treated her badly': Hamnet and the 400-year-old mystery around Shakespeare's wife and son
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Oscar-tipped new film Hamnet imagines the home life of William and Agnes #Shakespeare–and the "soul-crushing" loss of their child. It's a powerful story that fills in many blanks.
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Oscar-tipped new film Hamnet imagines the home life of William and Agnes #Shakespeare–and the "soul-crushing" loss of their child. It's a powerful story that fills in many blanks.
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
'History has treated her badly': Hamnet and the 400-year-old mystery around Shakespeare's wife and son
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Oscar-tipped new film Hamnet imagines the home life of William and Agnes #Shakespeare–and the "soul-crushing" loss of their child. It's a powerful story that fills in many blanks.
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Oscar-tipped new film Hamnet imagines the home life of William and Agnes #Shakespeare–and the "soul-crushing" loss of their child. It's a powerful story that fills in many blanks.
November 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
November 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Even to the frozen ridges of the Alps,
Or any other ground inhabitable.
Richard II (1.1) #ShakespeareSunday
Or any other ground inhabitable.
Richard II (1.1) #ShakespeareSunday
November 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Even to the frozen ridges of the Alps,
Or any other ground inhabitable.
Richard II (1.1) #ShakespeareSunday
Or any other ground inhabitable.
Richard II (1.1) #ShakespeareSunday
Rob Eastaway: Shakespeare's mathematical life and times
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In this episode of Maths on the Move, Rob Eastman tells some of the many instances of maths appearing in Shakespeare's work and talks about the mathematical climate that #Shakespeare lived in.
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In this episode of Maths on the Move, Rob Eastman tells some of the many instances of maths appearing in Shakespeare's work and talks about the mathematical climate that #Shakespeare lived in.
November 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Rob Eastaway: Shakespeare's mathematical life and times
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In this episode of Maths on the Move, Rob Eastman tells some of the many instances of maths appearing in Shakespeare's work and talks about the mathematical climate that #Shakespeare lived in.
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In this episode of Maths on the Move, Rob Eastman tells some of the many instances of maths appearing in Shakespeare's work and talks about the mathematical climate that #Shakespeare lived in.
Picturing Shakespeare
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There are only two accepted representations of William #Shakespeare that are considered “official” – but could a portrait that has been hanging over a family’s mantelpiece for the last 50 years be the third?
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There are only two accepted representations of William #Shakespeare that are considered “official” – but could a portrait that has been hanging over a family’s mantelpiece for the last 50 years be the third?
November 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Picturing Shakespeare
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There are only two accepted representations of William #Shakespeare that are considered “official” – but could a portrait that has been hanging over a family’s mantelpiece for the last 50 years be the third?
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There are only two accepted representations of William #Shakespeare that are considered “official” – but could a portrait that has been hanging over a family’s mantelpiece for the last 50 years be the third?
Nov 17, 1558: Queen Mary I of England dies at the age of 42 in St. James's Palace, London. #OTD
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November 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Nov 17, 1558: Queen Mary I of England dies at the age of 42 in St. James's Palace, London. #OTD
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Learn, good soul,
To think our former state a happy dream,
From which awaked, the truth of what we are
Shows us but this.
Richard II (5.1) #ShakespeareSunday
To think our former state a happy dream,
From which awaked, the truth of what we are
Shows us but this.
Richard II (5.1) #ShakespeareSunday
November 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Learn, good soul,
To think our former state a happy dream,
From which awaked, the truth of what we are
Shows us but this.
Richard II (5.1) #ShakespeareSunday
To think our former state a happy dream,
From which awaked, the truth of what we are
Shows us but this.
Richard II (5.1) #ShakespeareSunday
Cannot a plain man live and think no harm,
But thus his simple truth must be abused
By silken, sly, insinuating Jacks?
Richard III (1.3) #ShakespeareSunday
But thus his simple truth must be abused
By silken, sly, insinuating Jacks?
Richard III (1.3) #ShakespeareSunday
November 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Cannot a plain man live and think no harm,
But thus his simple truth must be abused
By silken, sly, insinuating Jacks?
Richard III (1.3) #ShakespeareSunday
But thus his simple truth must be abused
By silken, sly, insinuating Jacks?
Richard III (1.3) #ShakespeareSunday
November 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Nov 16, 1633: The earliest recorded performance of Richard III occurs at the court of King Charles. #OTD #Shakespeare
November 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Nov 16, 1633: The earliest recorded performance of Richard III occurs at the court of King Charles. #OTD #Shakespeare
Nov 14, 1532: According to the chronicler Edward Hall, King Henry VIII secretly marries Anne Boleyn in Dover prior to their secret wedding the following January. #OTD
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November 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Nov 14, 1532: According to the chronicler Edward Hall, King Henry VIII secretly marries Anne Boleyn in Dover prior to their secret wedding the following January. #OTD
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‘I really enjoyed it’: new RSC curriculum brings Shakespeare’s works to life in UK classrooms
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Starting with Macbeth, online platform using rehearsal-based teaching methods aims to transform study of the Bard.
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Starting with Macbeth, online platform using rehearsal-based teaching methods aims to transform study of the Bard.
November 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
‘I really enjoyed it’: new RSC curriculum brings Shakespeare’s works to life in UK classrooms
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Starting with Macbeth, online platform using rehearsal-based teaching methods aims to transform study of the Bard.
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Starting with Macbeth, online platform using rehearsal-based teaching methods aims to transform study of the Bard.
9 Misconceptions About Shakespeare | buff.ly/6UuSj0F
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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"Hamnet" actress Jessie Buckley on how #Shakespeare changed everything for her
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CBS News Sunday Morning interviewed Jessie Buckley about her role as Shakespeare's wife in "Hamnet."
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CBS News Sunday Morning interviewed Jessie Buckley about her role as Shakespeare's wife in "Hamnet."
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"Hamnet" actress Jessie Buckley on how #Shakespeare changed everything for her
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CBS News Sunday Morning interviewed Jessie Buckley about her role as Shakespeare's wife in "Hamnet."
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CBS News Sunday Morning interviewed Jessie Buckley about her role as Shakespeare's wife in "Hamnet."
Nov 10, 1624: Henry Wriothesley, third Earl of Southampton, dies of fever in the Low Countries while commanding troops against the Spanish. #OTD
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Nov 10, 1624: Henry Wriothesley, third Earl of Southampton, dies of fever in the Low Countries while commanding troops against the Spanish. #OTD
But if the while I think on thee, dear friend,
All losses are restored and sorrows end.
Sonnet 30 #ShakespeareSunday
All losses are restored and sorrows end.
Sonnet 30 #ShakespeareSunday
November 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
But if the while I think on thee, dear friend,
All losses are restored and sorrows end.
Sonnet 30 #ShakespeareSunday
All losses are restored and sorrows end.
Sonnet 30 #ShakespeareSunday
November 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
It was my turquoise! I had it of Leah when I was a bachelor. I would not have given it for a wilderness of monkeys.
Merchant of Venice (3.1) #ShakespeareSunday
Merchant of Venice (3.1) #ShakespeareSunday
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
It was my turquoise! I had it of Leah when I was a bachelor. I would not have given it for a wilderness of monkeys.
Merchant of Venice (3.1) #ShakespeareSunday
Merchant of Venice (3.1) #ShakespeareSunday
November 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Nov 5, 1605: Guy #Fawkes is arrested in the Gunpowder Plot, an attempt to blow up the House of of Lords and kill King James I. #OTD
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November 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Nov 5, 1605: Guy #Fawkes is arrested in the Gunpowder Plot, an attempt to blow up the House of of Lords and kill King James I. #OTD
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Why Shakespeare loved iambic pentameter - David T. Freeman and Gregory Taylor
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Why do #Shakespeare’s words have such staying power? David T. Freeman and Gregory Taylor uncover the power of iambic pentameter.
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Why do #Shakespeare’s words have such staying power? David T. Freeman and Gregory Taylor uncover the power of iambic pentameter.
November 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Why Shakespeare loved iambic pentameter - David T. Freeman and Gregory Taylor
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Why do #Shakespeare’s words have such staying power? David T. Freeman and Gregory Taylor uncover the power of iambic pentameter.
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Why do #Shakespeare’s words have such staying power? David T. Freeman and Gregory Taylor uncover the power of iambic pentameter.
November 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM