Did Shakespeare really write his plays?

Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake's conceptions of Hamlet

Maxine Peake on the challenges of playing Hamlet

Maxine Peake's approach to tackling Hamlet

Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake on how the character Hamlet surprised them

Paapa Essiedu's take on 'To be or not to be...'

Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake on their influences

Schama Chameleon

Jeanette Winterson explains why she chose The Winter’s Tale as her Shakespeare ‘cover version’

Sam Mendes on Steven Spielberg

Stephen Frears on the Oscars diversity row

Stephen Frears on Muhammad Ali

Michael Morpurgo: Why I wrote Private Peaceful

Salman Rushdie: "Shakespeare mashes up form"

Billy Bragg performs Brickbat

Claire Harman: ‘I’ve made Charlotte Brontë’s hair move’

Shakespeare and the reformation