Aug 16, 2018 · He's known for his treachery, ruthlessness, and dealings with witches - but Shakespeare's Macbeth was based on a real Scottish king, whose life was full of bloodshed

May 10, 2019 · At around the same time, Shakespeare wrote King Lear, Othello and Macbeth, all plays warning against unjust and persecuting rule, which many Catholics felt James I was …

Aug 27, 2014 · The superstitions concerning the play Macbeth mean that many actors avoid saying its name while in a theatre. If an actor does utter the name of the famous Shakespeare …

Apr 21, 2015 · Dr Nicki Scott is a cultural resources adviser at Historic Scotland, an executive agency of the Scottish government charged with safeguarding the nation’s historic …

Mar 2, 2015 · “He was four when a revolution ousted [Gerenal Antoine Simon],” recalled Bernard Dierderich and Al Burt in their study Papa Doc, “and five when an explosion reduced the old …

Aug 25, 2017 · “He had come like a thief in the night. And one by one dropped the revellers in the blood-bedewed halls of their revel, and died each in the despairing posture of his fall. And the …

Mar 16, 2020 · Were there any stories that particularly surprised you? Almost all of them surprised me in one way or another. One particularly striking discovery was the methods by which, in the …

Nov 7, 2016 · Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is one of the most recognisable men in the world. As the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, he has represented the British monarchy for over sixty …

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Sep 21, 2015 · War propaganda is a pretty dirty business at the best of times, but the rumours of the German Corpse Factories (Kadaververwertungsanstalt) are something else. A Punch …