Tag: Shakespeare

“Be born…die.” How Oxford University Press sum up life for kids learning English

News

Deadline News Journalist - February 17, 2017

A BOOK for children learning English has been branded "incredibly depressing" after summarising life as "be born...die". The Oxford University Textbook, aimed at 10-year-olds, includes...

Macbeth star “almost lost” in Scottish bog

Entertainment

Deadline News Journalist - September 25, 2015

THE DIRECTOR of a new film adaptation of Macbeth has revealed he nearly lost his Oscar-winning lead actress to a bog on the Isle...

Edinburgh academic: Shakespeare was more boardroom than bard

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - November 25, 2012

AN ACADEMIC at a Scots university has reignited the conspiracy theory that Shakespeare did not write his own plays, claiming he was more businessman...

Macbeth Castle at centre of £70m Highlands development

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - March 23, 2012

A CASTLE made world famous by Shakespeare's Macbeth is at the centre of a £70m development that could generate 500 jobs for the Highlands. The...

First Minister reveals his top items to take to a desert island

Entertainment

Christine Lavelle - January 16, 2011

FIRST Minister Alex Salmond chose his essential ‘if I were stuck on a desert island’ items today (Sun) which included a copy of a...

Scotland’s oldest book goes on display

Deadline News Journalist - December 9, 2009

By Cara Sulieman SCOTLAND’S oldest surviving book is set to go on display tomorrow (Friday) for the first time in over forty years. The pocket-sized medieval...

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