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Reviews: Bill

Reviews: Bill

Bill review: “The Horrible Histories team are the Pythons’ heirs apparent” By Mark Braxton for the RadioTimes, 18 September 2015 After their skilful skewering of the fantasy genre in Sky1’s Yonderland, the sextet behind it return to the domain that made them famous. With this ambitious, family-friendly film, Mathew Baynton and co once again tread on the dung and cobbles of (Horrible) […]

September 24, 2015 · 0 comments · Film, Reviews
Giving Shakespeare His Due: Brian Selznick’s The Marvels

Giving Shakespeare His Due: Brian Selznick’s The Marvels

By Manuel Betancourt for Slant Magazine, 14 September 2015 In the middle of Brian Selznick’s newest picture book/novel hybrid, The Marvels, a young boy sneaks into a theater where he’s enraptured by a performance of William Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale. The play, one of the Bard’s late romances, is perhaps best remembered for its late-act feat of magic wherein a statue of queen […]

September 24, 2015 · 0 comments · Popular Culture
Horrible Histories’ take on “Bill” reaches the big screen

Horrible Histories’ take on “Bill” reaches the big screen

Silly Billy: the Horrible Histories team take Shakespeare to the movies By Jenny McCartney for The Guardian, 13 September 2015 “When you’re pitching stuff,” says Ben Willbond, pulling a narrow, inquisitorial face, “they ask, ‘Who is it for?’ They tell you, ‘We’re looking for comedies that are for people between 16 and 18.’” He relaxes his expression. “Well, good luck with that! […]

September 24, 2015 · 0 comments · Film, Popular Culture
Generate Your Own Star Wars Shakespearean Sonnet

Generate Your Own Star Wars Shakespearean Sonnet

By Bonnie Burton for CNET, 4 September 2015 Not everyone can be as talented a scribe as the Great Bard himself. No, not George Lucas. We’re talking William Shakespeare, or more specifically “Shakespeare Star Wars” book author Ian Doescher. Due to the success of Doescher’s “Shakespeare Star Wars” parody books that retell the “Star Wars” saga in the same style of Shakespeare’s iconic plays, […]

September 10, 2015 · 0 comments · Popular Culture
Shakespeare’s Secret Legacy

Shakespeare’s Secret Legacy

Paul Hunting : Author, authentic leadership coach, horse-assisted coaching trainer, horse whisperer For thousands upon thousands of years great sages, masters, seers, prophets and teachers have been attempting to convey to us the ultimate truth about who we really are, where we come from and why we’re here on this planet. Yet, to most people, it still remains a mystery. More than […]

September 7, 2015 · 0 comments · Popular Culture, Teachers