Thirty years ago, the Party Wall etc Act 1996 whooshed through parliament in a single afternoon, as the London Building Acts were replaced by the Building Regulations. Party wall etc procedures (that ...

Sam Rockwell and Christian Bale appeared in this star-studded '90s fantasy flick based on the work of a certain illustrious ...

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Discover the Greek mythology books every reader should know, from Homer's timeless epics to bestselling novels inspired by ...

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey has reignited interest in Greek mythology. From Circe and Ulysses to hidden literary gems, these 10 books take the epic far beyond Ithaca.

DOMINIC Goodwin, Ryedale actor and pantomime dame and actor, celebrates the glory days of variety in his first one-man comedy show Twice Nightly at Friargate Theatre, York, on Friday, July 17 and ...

Unlike Shakespeare’s comedy, George Balanchine’s great ballet of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is no talk and all dance. In 1966, the New York City Ballet performed this meeting of two artistic geniuses - ...

Comedy gig of the week: Hal Cruttenden: Can Dish It Out But Can’t Take It, Pocklington Arts Centre, tonight, 7.30pm EALING comedian Hal Cruttenden’s new tour show promises to stick it to ‘The Man’, as ...

There was something deeply satisfying about watching Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream performed in Berlin to an audience that was clearly relishing every second. In so many ways, this ...

Whenever you talk about a “wild goose chase” or say something is taking “forever and a day,” you’re quoting Shakespeare. But The Bard is so unendingly influential that his work has not only ...

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. The historian Rob Boddice sat cross-legged on his couch in Montreal on a frigid day last winter and conjured ...