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Oxford's Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael Osborne revisit their decade-old predictions about jobs being automated.

An eminent scholar tries to imagine the great playwright’s character and tastes. But can we really know the bard?

In an essay on Kenneth Branagh, screenwriter Scott Frank recalls meeting the future star and director of his screenplay Dead Again (1991) and wondering “why the guy would want to direct a loopy, film noir thriller like mine?”

On August 23, Scottish novelist Irvine Welsh’s beloved Edinburgh football team, Hibs, went head-to-head with Aston Villa in the Europa League. But they were also competing for attention with the world premiere of Choose Irvine Welsh, a documentary by filmmaker Ian Jefferies about the life, writing and cultural impact of…

Following her acclaimed translation of the Odyssey, Wilson has turned to Homer’s other, darker poem. She explains how she got stuck for six months – and why it speaks to today’s era of conflict

Today it would seem odd to describe a flower with the word “bastard” – why apply a term of personal abuse to a flower? But in Shakespeare’s time, “bastard” was a technical term describing certain plants.

Let’s see: he has brought Andrew back into public life, managed to grow his hair longer and, er…

The Globe’s now-habitual gender-fluid approach to casting chimes perfectly with this story of disguise and confusion

The enthralling Canadian company offer up a fast-paced but often jarring show that treats Shakespeare like the Super Bowl

Patsy Ferran takes on Eliza in Pygmalion, Andrew Scott plays multiple characters from Uncle Vanya and Mlima’s Tale tells a powerful tale of the ivory trade. Here’s what’s in store on stage

Rowland’s beautifully crafted show considers his, and our, little lives in the context of the Bard’s words