“The Owl and the Pussy-Cat” has delighted generations of children, and this thoroughgoing picture book biography carefully documents the life of its author, Edward Lear (1812–1888).

The 20th anniversary series of The Great British Menu is back on our screens with creative dishes that celebrate well-known historical figures and unsung heroes from the UK’s past ...

The principal issue was The Scroobious Pip, an Edward Lear poem about a fanciful creature and the subject of a children's book Santore was under contract to illustrate. He had done some of the ...

Provenance, or the documented ownership history of your artwork.

Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened show at a museum outside New York City, a place we know and love that already receives plenty of attention.

Long ago, when the Victorians were regarded as moralistic old windbags, Edward Lear, who could hardly have been less ‘serious’, was bound to seem a peripheral figure, and found himself duly exiled to ...

Full casting has been announced for the RSC's forthcoming production of William Shakespeare's bloodiest of tragedies, Titus ...

When Sir Ian McKellen performed the first same-sex kiss on British TV in the 1970 BBC production of Christopher Marlowe’s ...

A UChicago tradition since 1972, the Ryerson Lecture features prominent UChicago faculty members who have made “research ...

a reimagining of King Lear. Tributes have since poured in for Bond, with fellow playwright and dramatist Dan Rebellato describing him 'brutally intelligent'. He said on X: "Edward Bond ...

Discover the Shakespeare Theatre Company's production 'Kunene and the King,' a powerful exploration of trust and ...

With so many Shakespeare movies to choose from, it can be daunting to pick just one. So, here are 33 movies based on the Bard ...