8+ hour, 26+ min ago  (261+ words) 201 East Capitol Street, SE Washington, District of Columbia 20003 As William Shakespeare's home in the United States, the Folger Shakespeare Library is celebrating the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence by sharing how Shakespeare has always been a…...

15+ hour, 21+ min ago  (187+ words) Portal fantasies have always kind of bugged me. Portal fantasies are stories where modern people travel to a fantasy world that is almost always medieval in nature but with better laundry and magic and dragons and what not. Narnia is…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (534+ words) There's something for everyone. From award-winning theater and music, to poetry and exhibitions, experience the power of the arts with us. The Folger is open! Learn about what's new and plan your visit. Discover Shakespeare's stories and the world that…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (523+ words) Written by Jerm Warfare on April 8, 2026. Posted in Current News In my previous podcast with Robert Frederick, of The Hidden Life Is Best, he dismantled pretty much everything I thought I knew about William Shakespeare Basically, Shakespeare existed, but that's…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago  (1236+ words) Although we know it won't be long before we return to the spring and the light, this time of the year can seem very dark indeed. February can be the most severe month of the winter, and it's particularly hard…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago  (907+ words) Maggie O'Farrell's 'Hamnet' and its 2025 film adaptation draw extensively on Virgil's 'Georgics', showing how the classical tradition continues to illuminate enduring human questions. The film's version of Shakespeare's tutoring scene improves on the Latin of the novel. Instead of incarcerare,…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago  (418+ words) A WINSFORD historian has published a new book looking at the life of a Cheshire woman who could have been 'Shakespeare's Dark Lady'. Since retiring from a career in public services, Tony Bostock, who lives in the Swanlow area, has…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (236+ words) A new book by the RSC and Harper Collins explores Shakespeare's fiercest female characters and is available from 23 April 2026. Shakespeare's women are bold, brainy, mischievous " and sometimes downright wicked. These women have been given a platform of their own in…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (490+ words) From Thursday, March 26 to Friday, March 27, students camped out in Upper Tarble to complete Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" from start to finish. After months of organizing, 63 students, faculty, and community members traded off reading chapters, taking a total of 23-and-a-half…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (1225+ words) By Adam Garcia | Published 10 seconds ago Shakespeare often shows up in classrooms, where students wrestle with words that feel strange now. Yet here's something odd " those very phrases they struggle with? They speak to them daily, never knowing the source....