The Bard and I go back a long way. I learned a couple of interesting tricks from those witches in Macbeth, and I’ve been contemplating Hamlet’s contemplations for well over half a century.
I’m interested in Shakespeare’s life, as well as his works, so there are a few posts on that. Pick something off the carousel, or explore the contents in the table below.

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14 May 2026
Shakespeare, Hamlet: “To Be or Not to Be” – Revenge, Suicide, and the Ethics of Action
A critical examination of Hamlet’s “To Be or Not to Be” speech, arguing that it concerns the ethics of...
20 April 2026
Shakespeare's Stratford Friends: His Social Circle in His Home Town
A playlist exploring Shakespeare's social circle in Stratford-on-Avon, with individual videos on friends...
20 April 2026
Shakespeare's Metre: How Rigid is His Iambic Pentameter?
An exploration of how rigidly Shakespeare adheres to iambic pentameter, examining his use of metrical...
20 April 2026
Shakespeare, Hamlet: "To Be or Not to Be" - The Ethics of Revenge
An analysis of Hamlet's To Be or Not to Be soliloquy, focusing on its ethical arguments about revenge,...
20 April 2026
Shakespeare's Words: Did He Really Coin So Many Words and Expressions?
An examination of the claim that Shakespeare coined an exceptional number of English words and expressions,...
20 April 2026
Shakespeare the Man: What We Know of His Life
A concise introduction to what we know about Shakespeare from contemporary sources, tracing the documentary...
