The latest economic figures and the effect of the coronavirus on the global economy are bad news for South Africa’s already tepid domestic growth outlook
If we are not thinking of a quill, when we say someone has “penned” a book, are we thinking of a standard ballpoint pen?
Harry Garuba wrote his first collection of poems in 1982. It’s taken him 35 years to do a second
The pairing of Nina Simone and Moses Sumney raises questions at the epicentre of life and love
The bard has been dead for 400 years, yet he speaks from the grave as clearly and wisely as ever.
Four hundred years after the death of world-renowned playwright William Shakespeare, a rare folio of his work from the 1600s has been found.
People holed up in a grim Calais camp could no doubt identify with the tortured Danish prince during a performance by actors from Shakespeare’s Globe.
Is there a place for Shakespeare in African schools, or is his time long past?
Should William Shakespeare’s remains be disinterred?
William Shakespeare’s plays are getting a 21st century-style makeover in the form of new apps for tablets and smart phones.
READING REVOLUTION: SHAKESPEARE ON ROBBEN ISLAND by Ashwin Desai (Unisa Press).
Wen Jiabao’s visit to Stratford was graceful cultural diplomacy — but reflects China’s real fascination with Shakespeare.
Patrick Marber and William Shakespeare, along with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton, are this season’s unlikely headline acts in Johannesburg.
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/ 23 September 2008
At work a few weeks ago I began to see sudden flashes of light, which was strange for a cloudless day in Port Elizabeth…
It’s <i>Hamlet</i>, but not as we know it.
A man has been arrested after a worldwide search for a Shakespearean treasure stolen from a university library in Britain 10 years ago.
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/ 21 February 2008
Hundreds of mourners arrived at the Johannesburg Country Club on Thursday morning to say goodbye to actress Ashley Callie, who died on Friday last week. Callie, who was known for her role as Leone Haines in the soap opera Isidingo, was involved in a car accident on the corner of 4th Avenue and Tana Road in Emmarentia.