Why Shakespeare never fails to get brains buzzing by Robert McCrum

The Bard's enduring impact is all down to neural excitementYesterday was Shakespeare's 447th anniversary. As with almost everything else about our national poet, this is disputed. All we can safely say is that he was born in Stratford, married, wrote or collaborated on about 40 plays, published some bestselling poetry, retired to Stratford, made a will and died, traditionally on his birthday in 1616, aged 52.In contr…

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