Two West Midlands primary schools have taken to the stage to mark the beginning of Shakespeare Week. The national series of events for school children celebrates the playwright, which organisers ...

“The more familiar you are with Shakespeare, the more you’ve rolled it around in your mouth, the more elastic and liquid it will become on the floor, and it’s got to be a second language to you.

Art experts are divided on whether this is a genuine contemporary portrait of Shakespeare Window cleaner Steven Wadlow has spent more than a decade trying to prove he is in possession of a ...