Readers prefer ChatGPT poems over Shakespeare and Sylvia Plath
In a new study, participants with no expert knowledge in poetry were also unable to distinguish whether the verses were created by a person or a machine
Why are we sexually attracted to people we can’t stand?
Popular culture and various studies agree: feeling desire for someone we don’t like is quite normal. Experts explain why
Eddie Izzard returns to New York for a version of Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ with just one actor onstage
This ‘Hamlet’ will ask the actor-comedian to play noblemen, women, ghosts, soldiers, courtiers, lovers and fools
Exhibits and collectors editions mark 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio
The Folio ensured that lasting texts existed for ‘Macbeth, ‘Twelfth Night’ and other cornerstones of Western literature
‘Some Like It Hot’ leads Tony Award nominations with 13 nods
Three shows received nine nominations each: ‘& Juliet,’ ‘New York, New York,’ and ‘Kimberly Akimbo’.
Shakespeare tale scoops nonfiction ‘winner of winners’ prize
James Shapiro’s ‘1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare’ was crowned from a field of six finalists drawn from the 24 winners of the Baillie Gifford award, which marks its 25th edition this year
To book or audiobook? That is not the question
Reading or listening to a text are distinct experiences and serve different purposes
Google hopes Bard will outsmart ChatGPT, Microsoft in AI
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The program initially will be available exclusively to a group of ‘trusted testers’ before being widely released later this year
Controversy over authenticity of new Shakespeare portrait revives mystery of his looks
The owner of a painting said to be a true likeness of the playwright wants to sell it for over $12 million, but experts disagree on whether it is the real thing
‘Shakespeare is the best liar’: New book tells tales of history’s greatest tricksters
The volume presents a compilation of the most prominent deceptions in the annals of humanity – and the people behind them
The real elephant in the room wasn’t Brexit, it was Boris Johnson
Populist right-wing tabloids are already salivating at the idea of a comeback by the former British PM
Jack Kerouac, the Beat Generation’s self-made avatar
The American writer managed to establish himself as a unique character on and off the page with his masterpiece, ‘On The Road’