King Lear

“Lear is about all sorts of things but one of the things it’s about is people getting old and not ceding what their kids think they should to them and the kids trying to bully them.” Read more...

The best books on Ageing

Kathleen Taylor, Science Writer

“It’s easily the most profound examination of what it means to be human of anything that I know.” Read more...

Stanley Wells recommends the best of Shakespeare’s Plays

Stanley Wells, Literary Scholar

“King Lear is a play that changes your life. How could it not? It asks fundamental questions about who we are.” Read more...

René Weis on The Best Plays of Shakespeare

René Weis, Biographer

“Psychologists ask the same question: Do we learn from our mistakes? Or in other words: Do we get wiser as we grow older? Perhaps not on a Learian scale but on a more mundane scale, do we learn from our imprudence? And the answer is no.” Read more...

The best books on Living Prudently

Dr Charles Foster,