A breakthrough discovery in a London archive has revealed the exact location of William Shakespeare’s long-lost home in Blackfriars. Led by researcher Lucy Munro, the finding sheds new light on the playwright’s final years and challenges the belief that he retired from London after 1613. The discovery offers a rare glimpse into Shakespeare’s life beyond the stage.


400-Year Mystery Solved: Shakespeare’s London Home Pinpointed

In a jackpot discovery, a British window cleaner claimed to have found William Shakespeare's first portrait to have been made in his lifetime, which is estimated to be around $264 million.

Window cleaner claims to have discovered Shakespeare's first portrait, worth over $264 million

William Shakespeare, the celebrated playwright and poet of the English language, is even today loved and read by many. The world marks English Language Day on April 23 to remember the "Bard of Avon" on his birth and death day, which interestingly fall on the same date.

English Language Day honours William Shakespeare, but did he really write those works?

From Bollywood to Hollywood! Irrfan Khan's movies that were based on books

A portrait of William Shakespeare said to be the only one made during his lifetime, is up for sale in London. The portrait is currently on display in London and is priced at £10m (11.

William Shakespeare's portrait said to be made during his lifetime up for sale 

An original copy of the First Folio, one of the most important pieces of publication in the history of English literature, has gone under the hammer and sold for more than $2.

Original copy of Shakespeare's First Folio fetches $2.5 million at auction

An original copy of William Shakespeare's First Folio, the first published collection of his plays, is set to be auctioned next month in New York at Sotheby's. It is often referred to as the most important book in English literature.

Shakespeare's First Folio to go under the hammer, expected to fetch $2.5m

It was a February day so overcast that noon looked like dusk, and Frances McDormand felt a little rattled. She told me this as we ambled down the main street of the small coastal town where she lives, a modest, hidden place so far from Hollywood that studio searchlights would have a hard time finding it.

What Frances McDormand would (and wouldn’t) give to 'Nomadland'

A copy of Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies sold for a stunning $9,978,000 as part of Christies “Exceptional Sale” in New York.

Shakespeare's work breaks own record

A copy of the first collection of plays by William Shakespeare was sold Wednesday for $9.97 million at auction in New York, setting a new record for a work of literature.

First collection of Shakespeare's plays sold for record $10 million

April 23 was chosen as World English Day because it is the date 'traditionally observed as both the birthday and date of death of William Shakespeare'

On World English Day, take a quick quiz on the language

Even 400 years after his death, the Bard continues to play across the world. Not everyone in India is happy about it, writes Nishtha Gautama

To Be (a Shakespeare lover) or Not To Be?

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