The author, who was known as the “Brixton Bard”, was diagnosed with the condition in 2023, and campaigned for awareness of the cancer. Born on January 3 1963, Wheatle grew up in children’s ...

He was awarded an MBE for services to literature in 2008. Wheatle’s family issued a short statement: “It is with great sadness we inform you that Alex Wheatle, our ‘Brixton Bard’, sadly passed away on ...

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A shipwreck can turn everything upside down. That, in a nutshell, is what Cleveland’s Great Lakes Theater will be exploring with its latest production of William Shakespeare’s romantic comedy ...

Chris Wasser on King Lear: The Bard’s tetchiest monarch still has the power to inspire, as Conleth Hill’s turn testifies Theatre Michael Glenn Murphy, Conleth Hill and Fiona Bell in the Gate's ...