William Shakespeare

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English playwright and poet (1564–1616)

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Sophie GeeSecret Life of Books · Secret Life of the River Thames · 0:13 · 2d ago

…We're cheek by jowl with the mighty River Thames, just on South Bank in Southwark, right next to Shakespeare's Globe.…

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Ian MortimerHistoryExtra podcast · Have we overlooked England’s local histories? · 25:20 · 2d ago

…At the same time as William Shakespeare was doing the same thing from Stratford.…

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Penny ArcadeDrama On One · Longing Lasts Longer by Penny Arcade · 11:53 · 6d ago

…William Shakespeare said a rose by any other name would smell as sweet as…

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Jonty ClaypoleSecret Life of Books · Secret Life of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood · 11:50 · 6d ago

…He's gone to Stratford-upon-Haven and painted the room in which……

Jonty ClaypoleSecret Life of Books · Secret Life of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood · 11:43 · 6d ago

…sort of wonderful interior scene by a man called Henry……

Jonty ClaypoleSecret Life of Books · Secret Life of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood · 11:34 · 6d ago

…We've now moved on to a series of paintings which……

Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · hobnob · 0:42 · 12 Sep

…In Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Sir Toby Belch warns Viola that……

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