Events in which novelist helped save bard’s birthplace from clutches of US showman PT Barnum will be celebrated in Stratford
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Shakespeare 400: festivals, plays and attractions around the country
Cultural events and new openings to mark the 400th anniversary of the Bard’s death will be in full swing across the country this weekend – making use of intriguing and dramatic locations
Clava Cairns and Fort George, Scotland
Excerpt from the book Scottish Highlands, Caribbean Islands, and more After the battlefield of Culloden I went to see the nearby Clava Cairns a complex of three cairns surrounded by stone circles and a ring of small boulders. This complex dates from between 4,400 BC and 2,000 BC. The middle cairn never had a roofContinue reading “Clava Cairns and Fort George, Scotland”
William Shakespeare rejection letter for Hamlet
I have always tried to see the funny side of life, hence the stories in the book – The Rhetorical Musketeers and other stories. I have often tried to redefine what certain words mean and it can be fun to play with their meanings. I have often wondered whether Shakespeare ever received a rejection fromContinue reading “William Shakespeare rejection letter for Hamlet”
Conspiracy Theories
Did Charlotte Brontë kill her sisters? Was Hunter S Thompson murdered? And were Shakespeare’s plays actually written by Queen Elizabeth? Some people believe so.
