Two hours in the company of London’s first professional actresses serves up wit, warmth and a decent amount of hamminess ...

Bard bashing has become something of a national sport, says Robert McCrum, and the latest attempt to rewrite the legacy of ...

Consider the implications in Senator Chuck Schumer’s claim that he has been forced to postpone a promotional tour around his new book due to “security concerns.” Who is it that poses such a threat to ...

There were many varieties of Puritans in Elizabeth’s reign, both within and outside the Church of England. Some were moderates patiently seeking further reform, others were radicals, distributing ...

These New Puritans have shared details of a new album, titled Crooked Wing. Spanning 10 tracks, this is the brotherly duo’s first studio album since 2019’s Inside The Rose and their first full-length ...

For as long as there have been films, there have been movies based on Shakespeare. Whether you love "The Bard" or stay haunted by high school English classes, there's no denying that Shakespeare ...

An ordained Puritan minister, Chapin was my ninth great-grandfather — a colonial transplant, born in England in 1598, who arrived in Boston as a 20-something, then headed west. Since no pictures ...

Puritans, the religious fanatics of the 17th century Massachusetts Bay Colony, were part of a political movement that flopped. Centuries later, the Trump administration is institutionalizing ...

An Oxford researcher found a rare, handwritten variation of one of Shakespeare’s most famous love poems. About 400 years ago, its meaning might have been very different. By Amelia Nierenberg ...

Dr Leah Veronese uncovered the version of William Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 tucked away in a 17th Century poetry collection at the University of Oxford. The manuscript was found among the papers of ...