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The Royal Shakespeare Company announces Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey as new artistic directors

The pair will take on the responsibilities from June 2023 following the resignation of Gregory Doran

The Independent UK

New RSC co-artistic directors ready to ‘shake up’ Shakespeare

Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey – the first woman to be appointed permanently in the role – take up their posts in June

The Guardian - UK

Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey are an inspired duo to lead the RSC

An immense task awaits the Royal Shakespeare Company’s new artistic directors who must attract top talent, prioritise verse-speaking and combine classic repertory and contemporary drama

The Guardian - UK

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Royal Shakespeare Company announces new co-artistic directors for 2023

Erica Whyman is currently the acting artistic director following Gregory Doran stepping back from the role.

The Independent UK

Queen didn't want 'boring' funeral as ex-archbishop says service will be uplifting

Lord Sentamu said the poignant service will be an 'uplifting' joyous occasion with angelic singing and the English language at its best and words from William Shakespeare

Daily Mirror

Man says buying Shakespeare inspired pub was 'risky gamble'

"It's not been the easiest of years, it's one thing after another."

Liverpool Echo

Welsh actor Owen Teale praises Charles for his commitment to theatre

The performer has met the King on a number of occasions.

The Independent UK

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These high school 'classics' have been taught for generations – could they be on their way out?

If you went to high school in the United States anytime since the 1960s, you were likely assigned some of the following books: Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” “Julius Caesar” and “Macbeth”; John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men”; F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby”; Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”; and…

The Conversation

19 pub quiz questions to test your general knowledge - September 16

How many can you get right without looking up or researching the answers?

Liverpool Echo

Louise Thompson too scared to read birth investigation that's 'as thick as Shakespeare'

Ahead of her latest hospital appointment, Louise Thompson explained how she still doesn't have any answers about 'what's going on in that region' and her last ultrasound saw 'the guy joke there was something white and shiny in there'

Daily Mirror

Up to a third of Shakespeare’s plays ‘may have been co-authored’

Experts have long suspected the Bard collaborated on a number of projects, and new methods are revealing how much this might have been the case.

The Independent UK

Touching vigil sees Queen's four children unite and surround her coffin

King Charles, Prince Andrew, Prince Edward, and Princess Anne carried out the vigil on Monday evening

Chronicle Live

The Queen's four children surround her coffin during heart-wrenching royal vigil

The vigil comes just hours after a procession saw Her Majesty's body being transported along Edinburgh's Royal Mile.

Daily Record

Queen's four children unite and surround her coffin in emotional royal vigil

King Charles, Prince Andrew, Prince Edward and Princess Anne mounted a vigil around the Queen's coffin in St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh where it has been resting after it was taken there in a emotional procession along the Royal Mile from the Palace of Holyroodhouse

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The Independent UK

King leads procession behind Queen’s coffin as Harry promises to ‘honour’ father

In bright autumn sunshine, the procession set off at a slow walking pace along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss' 'icy' signal to Nicola Sturgeon before reading at emotional service for Queen

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon stood up to do a reading at the St Giles' Cathedral service - and a number of viewers noticed the look she was given by new Prime Minister Liz Truss

The Independent UK

King may have sought to bring ‘poetic shape’ to emotions by quoting Shakespeare

Charles III referenced lines from Henry VIII and Hamlet during two of his first major speeches as head of state.

Daily Record

Why Princess Anne is the only female royal walking behind the Queen's coffin

The Queen's coffin is being transported to St Giles Cathedral were the public will be permitted to pay their respects.

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Daily Mirror

Sophie Wessex chokes back the tears during Queen's emotional coffin procession

Sophie Wessex, the wife of Prince Edward and a daughter-in-law of the Queen, looked teary-eyed as she watched the Queen's coffin process up the Royal Mile in Edinburgh to a service at St Giles Cathedral

Evening Standard

King Charles leads procession behind Queen’s coffin in Edinburgh

Charles III walked behind the casket with his siblings to St Giles Cathedral in sombre tribute ahead of service of thanksgiving

Wales Online

King Charles III and his siblings walk behind Queen's coffin as it travels to St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh

A service of thanksgiving for the life of the late monarch will be held before the public pay their respects

The Independent UK

Queen’s children led by Charles walk behind late monarch’s coffin

The public in Edinburgh will be able to pay their respects by viewing the Queen’s coffin for 24 hours.

Daily Mirror

Why Princess Anne is walking behind Queen's coffin - but other female royals are in car

The Queen's children, King Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward, walked in a line behind their mother's coffin as it is taken from the Palace of Holyroodhouse to the nearby St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh.

Wales Online

William and Harry will not be part of procession following Queen's coffin on Monday

The Queen's children will take the lead as her coffin is taken to Edinburgh’s St Giles’ Cathedral

The Independent UK

King and Queen Consort fly to Edinburgh as tour of home nations continues

The new monarch is visiting England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales this week.

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