It has long been thought that William Shakespeare's story was a true life rags-to-riches tale. But now new research has revealed that it is in fact a myth and his father was a successful wool trade ...

In the annals of William Shakespeare’s legacy, a twist has emerged that’s practically as dramatic as any of the Bard’s plays: the real “Shakespeare” behind a centuries-old family document has been ...

To be, or not to be a fly tipper — that is the question. Or so it was for a long time. The earliest record of famous playwright William Shakespeare's father in Stratford-upon-Avon comes in the form of ...

The document, a religious tract in which the writer pledges to die a good Catholic death, written at a point in English history when Catholicism was strongly disapproved of, was found by a bricklayer ...

The most widely accepted story of Shakespeare’s life is rather uplifting. Rags to riches. His father John — we are told — lost all his money and was booted off Stratford Council after he was caught ...

John Shakespeare is a Walkley Award-winning cartoonist and illustrator. His work covers a variety of mediums, from cartoons and caricature to 3D computer illustration. Herald cartoonist John ...

And Armenia and the Caucasus in general provide such fertile ground for pondering the same kinds of historical realities that Shakespeare did. In very recent memory there have been cities, effectively ...

There’s no getting around it: King John is a scrappy old play. There’s good reason why it’s one of the least performed of Shakespeare’s histories, unfolding as it does in a disconcerting cavalcade of ...

Four hundred years on from his death on 23 April 1616, Shakespeare is big box office again. The celebrations of the greatest writer in the English language are about to be everywhere, in theatres, in ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: In 1757, a document signed “J. Shakespeare” was found in the Shakespeare family home, long attributed to William’s father, John. A study reveals the ...