If I tell you I’m going to talk about Shakespeare, you’ll probably stop reading right here ↪❌and say, “No, please. I’ve heard enough about that.” (I picked Thursday on purpose because no one wants to hear about "old stuff" on Fridays — unless it’s something useful for a Friday night out, which is rather unlikely). But what if I told you that you might not know Shakespeare as well as you think? Did you know he married Anne Hathaway? Not the one from The Devil Wears Prada, of course. But I bet that fact raised your eyebrows a little. It was a shotgun wedding, but that’s just gossip, really.

It may also surprise you that Shakespeare wrote erotic poetry in his early years as a writer, and that he never went to college. When he started writing plays, the theater world was still in a period of transition, and the professions of both actors and playwrights were unstable. Does that sound familiar? Just to remind you, this was the sixteenth century. It seems show business hasn't evolved that much after all.

Are you still here? If so, I won't push my luck. I will wrap this up by revealing that Anne Hathaway (the original) inherited only a bed from Shakespeare. Rather shocking, given she gave him three kids. Feel free to jump to conclusions.

They say he was one of a kind in the way he mastered the language. "There was no passion his work/works didn't explore". I love that phrase. It's a shame it isn't mine.