4 Sep 2026 - 1:02am

How Shakespeare explains the Taliban ‘The Tempest’ sheds light on Afghanistan

Malise Ruthven

06.05

Redeeming Harold Bloom

Blake Bailey

07.02

Was Shakespeare a black woman? Conspiracy theories are good publicity

Andrew Doyle

03.02

Behind the horror renaissance The genre opens up uncomfortable truths

Noah Kumin

11.11

Andrew: the half-buffoon prince Andrew should have studied Shakespeare

Terry Eagleton

24.09

Does Trump read Shakespeare? There’s a lot about the President in Hamlet

Terry Eagleton

25.06

Trump’s return to Shakespearean politics He negotiates like a feudal king

Matthew Gasda

23.08

Modern Europe was born on the battlefield The Hundred Years War is our chronicle and crucible

Jonathan Sumption

27.07

What’s wrong with cannibalism? Human disgust can be a powerful moral ally

Giles Fraser

22.09

Why artists sell out Mammon, not the muse, calls the shots

Andrew Doyle

30.03

Boris Johnson is no clown Playing the fool requires art and intelligence

Terry Eagleton

11.03

Prince Harry is a Freudian dream It's hardly surprising that the Royal Family has its own Oedipus complex

Giles Fraser