This year marks the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist. While most of us know ...

"In a pickle", "with bated breath", or "a wild goose chase" – many of the words and phrases coined by William Shakespeare are still in use today. On the 400th anniversary of the publication of the ...

William Shakespeare invented many words but some were more successful than others(Universal History Archive/Getty Images) From 'bump' to 'zany', Shakespeare is ...

This year marks the 452nd anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare as well as the 400th anniversary of his death. Both of these monumental events occurred in April in the English village of ...

The organisers suggest if you don't see them now, you'll be missing out. Shakespeare's Last Will and Testament, plus four of his six known signatures from other priceless pieces of parchment that ...

Today it would seem odd to describe a flower with the word “bastard” – why apply a term of personal abuse to a flower? But in Shakespeare’s time, “bastard” was a technical term describing certain ...

As researchers at Aston University begin work on a new project to uncover the next most popular word – after 'Selfie' was named Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year in 2013 – it's hard to not look ...

Shakespeare is renowned for his enormous vocabulary as well as his introduction of new words to the English language - but can any modern-day writers compete with his literary skills? A New York data ...

Four hundred years after the Bard's death, we're still using the same words he gave us to get stuff done and make money. This year marks the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, ...