Michael Morpurgo will not include ‘antisemitic’ The Merchant of Venice in new book

Sir Michael Morpurgo is refusing to include The Merchant of Venice in new children’s book retelling Shakespeare’s plays because of its ‘antisemitic’ attitudes Antisemitic portrayal of Jewish character is ‘too raw for children,’ says Morpurgo Shylock, the antagonist of The Merchant of Venice, is a vengeful money lender The play was said to be popular … Read more

SIR MICHAEL MORPURGO: Why I know we all WILL get through this Covid ordeal 

I wonder if the songs we know and love to sing together were ever more needed than they are now. I mean especially those songs that bind us together at this time of year, Christmas carols. Carols and songs, like people, cross oceans and continents and borders and language barriers. They find new life and … Read more