RSC debutant Adrian Lester plays Cyrano with a classic confidence and an admirable gift for comedy. Did I mention it’s funny?

A dad is bidding to turn his supermarket receipts into a side hustle – by selling them on as ‘art’ for upwards of £30. Graeme ...

In June, I had the privilege of attending the 2025 CLiPPA Poetry Show at the National Theatre in London, run by the Centre of Literacy for Primary Education. It was a real eye-opener: just under 1,000 ...

Poetry provides all these treasures and, even if we accept one of them, it restores our ability to cope, and our sense of ...

From a popular British fantasy writer for children, this novel was significantly inspired by the reconstruction of Shakespeare’s Globe theatre in London. It’s the most compelling of a slew of ...

I was told I’d like Mary Louise Parker. I was inclined to. Not only because I’m a fan of her acting and like that she’s an oddball who seems allergic to bullshit, but because she too is a member of ...

I remember the first time I picked up Shel Silverstein’s Where the Sidewalk Ends in my elementary school library. It was filled with delightfully clever and funny rhymes, and the words danced off my ...

Recycling is when our rubbish is turned into something else so it can be used again. At home or at school, we help by sorting our rubbish into different bins so it can be recycled properly. This makes ...