Though he was born centuries ago, we're still watching his plays and studying his works. And his words continue to resonate today.

On Shakespeare’s birthday, we explore why his villains—brutally honest, self-aware, and unapologetic still resonate more ...

From ancient epics to modern masterpieces, poetry has shaped our understanding of humanity. Join us as we celebrate the ...

Every year on April 23, English Language Day is observed to honour one of the most widely spoken languages in the world and ...

Plato, the most intelligent of Socrates’ students, laid the foundations of ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, metaphysics, and ...

T he London-born small-screen-to-big-stage techapalooza Stranger Things: The First Shadow couldn’t have landed at a more appropriate Broadway theater. On the third floor of the ...

William Shakespeare’s marriage to Anne Hathaway may have been happier than previously thought, according to new research.

O n that day when the soul dresses in white and the heart beats stronger, every word spoken takes on an eternal meaning.

“Happiness” derives from the Old Norse word “hap ,” which meant “fortune” or “luck,” as historians Phil Withington and Darrin McMahon explain. This earlier sense is found throughout Shakespeare’s ...