They had three children. Shakespeare spent most of his professional life with an acting company in London, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men. In 1599, the acting company built the Globe Theatre.

Take that bit about the three angles of a triangle adding up to 180 degrees, for example. After we leave junior school we are ...

William Shakespeare is still the world's most famous playwright, translated into almost every language and regularly performed around the world. Although his work is widely known, his life is ...