Rare Handwritten Copy of Famous Shakespeare Sonnet Found in Oxford Library
The recently discovered copy of Sonnet 116 "reads as a political love song" during England's Civil Wars, according to the ...
17th-century castle defenses — the first ever found — discovered in UK. See the find
Previous discoveries at Sheffield Castle include a “hidey-hole” left behind by a steelworker in a cellar as well as medieval tokens and newly discovered castle walls as the site “keeps revealing its ...
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‘Politically Repurposed’ Copy of Famous Shakespearean Love Sonnet Discovered Inside a 17th-Century Poetry Collection
The rare handwritten copy of "Sonnet 116" features several additional lines, which may have been an attempt to insert British ...
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The Twisted Journey of a Mysterious Dutch Master and His Sole Surviving Painting
Dutch painter Johannes Torrentius was lost to time—until his only extant painting surfaced. Read more in this edition of Art ...
Hand-written version of Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 discovered in 17th-century manuscript
Researchers said the added lines "potentially transform" the sonnet from "a meditation on romantic love into a powerful ...
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Secrets of 17th-century church found in Hampton
“What makes Alain’s discovery so very important is that it provides the link between the church architecture plan used at Jamestown in 1608 and plans later in the 17th century elsewhere in ...
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‘Politically Repurposed’ Copy of Famous Shakespearean Love Sonnet Discovered Inside a 17th-Century Poetry Collection
The poem was found in a 17th-century “miscellany,” a manuscript ... director of the Shakespeare Institute at England’s University Of Birmingham, tells the New York Times’ Amelia Nierenberg.
300 Pounds of Caviar, Champagne Sorbet, and More Ways to Party Like a Royal
In 41 BC, Cleopatra hosted a dinner to celebrate the Roman leader Mark Antony, who was a well-known party animal. Twelve ...
America's fatal division is nothing new: It was baked in from the beginning
Liberals still haven't awakened from the dream of American unity — but the Puritans and their followers knew better ...