Here's a test: close your eyes and in your mind picture what William Shakespeare looked like. Almost certainly you're thinking of a middle-aged man with a receding hairline and pointy beard ...

William Shakespeare gave the ... saying someone’s face isn’t even worth the sun’s attention is brutal. It’s Shakespeare’s version of you’re not even worth noticing.

Those who believe William Shakespeare is the author of the works attributed to him are known as ‘Stratfordians’, named after ...

Shakespeare lived through and survived a pandemic, one of a number of waves of the bubonic plague. Very sadly, however, his son Hamnet died of the plague, aged just 11. This affected William’s ...