There is an absolutely fascinating piece up at Believer Mag about Ben Thomas, editor of the Evening Whirl, an odd St. Louis crime tabloid that reported (almost always in iambic pentameter) the ...

If you paid any attention at all in high school English, you probably remember iambic pentameter, most likely from reading Shakespeare, and perhaps even other meters like trochaic tetrameter (the ...

From the depths of Macbeth’s torment to the loving declarations of Verona’s star-crossed lovers, the pulse of iambic pentameter sets the stage for William Shakespeare’s timeless explorations of the ...

Last month the New Hampshire Senate nearly made cursive a mandatory part of public school curriculum. But does the argument for keeping longhand in the classroom have more to do with nostalgia than it ...

Joseph Fiennes listens in on a Shakespeare class on Iambic Pentameter. Joseph Fiennes listens in on a Shakespeare session at a South London evening class. Bruce Wall has taught Shakespeare across the ...

There’s a post-”Gladiator,” (and also post-“Lord of the Rings”) soundscape that we kind of expect from period pieces — a certain amount of wagons rolling and armor clanging and chickens chirping and ...

It’s hard to think of a playwright on par with Shakespeare. Not only did the writer’s stories capture the cruel ironies of life, but he also wrote in a distinctive rhythm known as iambic pentameter.

If you’re reading this post, chances are you use Twitter as a place to chat about, link to, search, debate and debunk the big and little things going on in tech. I use Twitter for work. But because ...

Right before the second phase of Honkai Star Rail 3.6, Pure Fiction, one of the title’s endgame activities was refreshed. Players can now challenge it again to obtain a decent amount of Stellar Jade.

Joseph Fiennes listens in on a Shakespeare session at a South London evening class. Bruce Wall has taught Shakespeare across the world. His students include city bankers, Broadway actors and several ...