William Shakespeare

Jessie Buckley is a hot favourite to become the fifth Irish actor to win an Oscar after winning a Golden Globe.

Two West Midlands locations are hoping for a tourism boost from the hype surrounding Hamnet.

The scene from the poet's take on Venus and Adonis is thought to date from the early 17th Century.

"She was what I understand a woman to be", says Buckley on playing Shakespeare's wife and the mother of their son Hamnet.

Hamnet author Maggie O'Farrell says the Irish actor "stood out a mile" long before break out Normal People role.

A recording will be sent via radio transmission later this month to Polaris A, the North Star.

School pupils in Camberley have acted out scenes from Romeo and Juliet to learn about knife crime.