Sir Keir Starmer has removed a portrait of William Shakespeare from No 10 – the latest painting of a great national figure to be taken down under the Prime Minister, The Telegraph understands.

“Not content with removing Thatcher, Gladstone, Raleigh and Elizabeth I, he’s now consigning Shakespeare to the dustbin ... embarrassed by our identity. No other country would behave ...

Sir Keir Starmer has come under fire from senior tories after reportedly removing a portrait of William Shakespeare from Downing Street ... “We should celebrate and extol great figures in English ...

The problem with such a sweeping dismissal of Shakespeare’s oeuvre is that it illustrates the pride and prejudice of the person saying it. There is no way ... gives us Lady Macbeth, who is ...

But the good news is, interest has been high enough in another current production, Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” that the company added public performances to its schedule. The original plan was ...

While early modern England was certainly no queer utopia, Shakespeare’s culture and society made much more space for the articulation of same-sex desire than we might expect. English law ...

Tennant and Jumbo play Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, respectively, in a new take on Shakespeare’s classic tale of love and murder. In an exclusive first clip of the filmed version — which was shot ...

Last night WhatsOnStage was invited to the opening night gala performance of Macbeth at the Harold Pinter Theatre. After sold-out performances and glowing reviews at the Donmar Warehouse last winter, ...

Macbeth starring David Tennant and Cush Jumbo will be screened in cinemas across the UK and abroad following its West End run. The production, directed by Max Webster and characterised by a "3D ...

Swimmers were first warned on September 24 that swimming at Shakespeare Beach in Dover was unsafe. No-swim warnings have been removed from Shakespeare Beach in Dover. Picture: Stock This was due ...