• YourEnglishClassDotCom » Blog Archive » Shakespeare, Macbeth, and “The Story of English”

  “A Muse of Fire” from the BBC/PBS documentary The Story of English examines the number of words coined by Shakespeare.

  tags: shakespeare, literature, macbeth, english

• 8 of Shakespeare’s Hidden Dirty Jokes (And their Modern Music Equivalents)

  Certainly the bard was a fan of the bawdy joke. Here Shmoop explains them along with modern song equivalents.

  tags: shakespeare, literature, english

• England’s fairest rose — until the Bard stitched her up – Times Online

  Did Shakespeare malign Elizabeth Woodville as some have claimed he maligned Richard III?

  tags: shakespeare, literature, english, england, richardiii

• Macbeth: Will the curse of the Scottish play strike again? – Times Online

  Discussion of Macbeth and theater superstitions.

  tags: shakespeare, literature, macbeth, english, england

• When Is Shakespeare’s Birthday? | Mad Shakespeare

  This post from Mad Shakespeare discusses the debate about Shakespeare’s birthday and includes an image of Shakespeare’s baptismal record.

  tags: shakespeare, literature, english, england

• Hyperbole and a Half: The Alot is Better Than You at Everything

  This handy blog post explains why you should never ever use “alot.”

  tags: english, grammar, humor

• YourEnglishClassDotCom » Blog Archive » Carpe Diem, Making the Most of Time, and a Few Dead Poets

  Carpe diem, “seize the day,” is the theme of this post collecting a variety of poems and links.

  tags: literature, english, poetry, british

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.