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Stratford-upon-Avon

October 2023

  • four male actors on stage dressed in cowboy gear

    Cowbois review – playing with expectations in the wild west

    Gender identity comes to town in writer-co-director Charlie Josephine’s atmospheric but slow-going tale of a disruptive stranger

May 2022

  • Ben Elton’s 2018 film All Is True

    Shakespeare’s tragic twins memorialised in the Bard’s resting place

    Maggie O’Farrell will place rosemary at Stratford grave to honour the lost boy who inspired her novel Hamnet

March 2022

  • Warwick Castle is a medieval castle in Warwick, the county town of Warwickshire, England, UK<br>FWW383 Warwick Castle is a medieval castle in Warwick, the county town of Warwickshire, England, UK

    Car-free UK
    Poetry in motion: my car-free break in Shakespeare country

    Stratford makes a grand opener for Warwickshire’s showreel of medieval forests, Tudor houses and civil war battlefields

March 2021

  • Stratford-Upon-Avon in the early morning spring sunlight.

    Observer special: Secret Britain
    Beyond Shakespeare: a meander around Stratford-upon-Avon

    Our writer moved to Stratford for the river and the glorious walks – and is a master at avoiding the tourists

August 2020

  • Shard attack … Vinegar Yard beer garden next to London Bridge station

    UK day trips and nights out 2020
    Out to play: the best things to do around the UK this week

    From surfing to wine tours, classical recitals to indoor climbing, here’s our weekly pick of attractions and events

April 2019

  • Family try on costumes at the RSC's The Play's the Thing exhibition, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK.

    Take the kids to …
    Take the kids to … The Play’s the Thing, RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon

    The magic of Shakespeare, and theatre, is in the spotlight at an exhibition that mixes costumed fun, technology and thousands of historical artefacts

August 2017

  • House where William Shakespeare was born

    Staycation Britain says ‘hey, ho’ to August wind and rain

    The UK is drenched by record rainfall. But visitors in and around Stratford-upon-Avon are making the best of it

April 2017

  • Shakespeare’s birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon

    Tale of Dickens' fight to save Shakespeare house retold in exhibition

    Events in which novelist helped save bard’s birthplace from clutches of US showman PT Barnum will be celebrated in Stratford

November 2016

  • Jonathan Jones

    Jonathan Jones on art
    Shakespeare's Stratford reminds us of a morbid, fantasising England

    Jonathan Jones
    The cult around Shakespeare has led to the restoration of murals in Stratford-upon-Avon, whitewashed over by his father. They’re far from masterpieces, but they do show us an England in thrall to devils and death

April 2016

  • Prince Charles

    Shakespeare Live! was a bold and innovative tribute

    Famous names brought the Bard’s finest scenes to life
  • An actor in period dress at an upper floor window at Shakespeare’s Schoolroom, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK

    Shakespeare 400: festivals, plays and attractions around the country

    Cultural events and new openings to mark the 400th anniversary of the Bard’s death will be in full swing across the country this weekend – making use of intriguing and dramatic locations
  • Laurence Olivier as Hamlet in his 1948 film.

    Ten ways in which Shakespeare changed the world

    This week marks 400 years since the death of our national poet. And yet his characters, the worlds he created, the thoughts he expressed – some raw, fashioned in fire, some exquisite and turned in silk – are for all people and all time

March 2016

  • The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Straford-upon-Avon, before it was destroyed, 1900.

    From the Guardian archive
    Archive: Shakespeare theatre destroyed by fire to be rebuilt

  • The site of New Place, William Shakespeare’s large Tudor house in Stratford-upon-Avon.

    Site of Shakespeare's grand Stratford home to open to the public

February 2016

  • An exhibit at the MAD museum in Stratford-upon-Avon.

    Take the kids to …
    Take the kids to … the MAD museum, Stratford-upon-Avon

    It may be small, but this Warwickshire museum celebrates the weird and wacky world of design and invention, where the only limit is your imagination

December 2015

  • Fireworks display over the RSC Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon

    The Guardian view on Shakespeare’s 400th anniversary: the play’s the thing

    Editorial: The Bard was the best of us, so to mark four centuries since his death we should make a resolution to see one of his plays this year, ideally in Stratford-upon-Avon

November 2014

  • YHA Stratford upon Avon

    YHA voted best UK hotel

    En suite bathrooms, Wi-Fi and cool decor are no longer strangers to youth hostels, but despite the revamp, holidaying with the YHA still offers its traditional camaraderie

April 2014

  • Illustration of William Shakespeare

    The best of Shakespeare's 450th birthday celebrations

    As the 450th anniversary of William Shakespeare's birth approaches – on 23 April – we take a look at some of the events and celebrations going on in his hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon and beyond

May 2013

  • No 9 Church Street restaurant in Stratford-upon-Avon

    Jay Rayner on restaurants
    No 9 Church Street: restaurant review

    To eat or not to eat… that is the question. In Shakespeare's home town, the answer is yes – but don't expect any poetry from the kitchen, says Jay Rayner

March 2013

  • Holy Trinity church on the river Stour, Stratford-upon-Avon

    Stratford-upon-Avon travel tips: Shakespeare walked this way

    The Shakespeare's Way footpath goes to London but you need not stray from Stratford for pretty views and Cotswolds villages

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