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Ancient stone ruins and green lawns lie in the foreground of a large brick building with a tall square tower and bare trees.

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The Jewry Wall: Leicester's 2,000-Year-Old Roman Ghost

Barrington Kirkham10 June 2026

A painted portrait of a man, possibly William Shakespeare, with a beard and mustache, wearing a white lace ruff and an ornate black and gold doublet. Golden text at the top reads "Principum amicitias!".

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The Night Shakespeare Came to Leicester: How a Tudor Guildhall May Have Inspired King Lear

Barrington Kirkham3 June 2026