Stories
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Shakespeare and the four humours
Blood. Phlegm. Black bile. Yellow bile. The theory of the four humours informed many of Shakespeare's best-known characters, including the phlegmatic Falstaff.
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The significance of safe spaces as refuges from racism
Beer writer David Jesudason discusses the impact racism has had on his mental health, and the consolation offered by pubs that feel truly safe.
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The meaning of happiness
What is happiness? Tiffany Watt Smith charts how its definition has changed over time, from chance emotion to something that can be measured and controlled.
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Genius spirits and the mystery of creative inspiration
Once upon a time, we all had a genius.
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As you like it. A comedy. As it is acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden. By William Shakespear.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.Date: MDCCLXXVII. [1777]- Books
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[As you like it. a] comedy, by Shakespeare; as performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane. Regulated from the prompt-book, with permission of the managers, by Mr. Hopkins, prompter.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.Date: M,DCC,LXXXIII. [1783]- Books
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As you like it. A comedy. By William Shakespear.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.Date: MDCCLXVI. [1766]- Books
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As you like it. A comedy. Written by William Shakspeare. Marked with the variations in the manager's book, at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.Date: M.DCC.LXXXVI. [1786]- Pictures
A priest in a frock coat and cravat sits at a writing desk with a quill in his hand about to compose a sonnet. Aquatint after G.M. Woodward.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809.Date: Dec.1 1790Reference: 29456i