How is your Sunday going?

If you’re fed up of looking out the window, playing twister and putting all your Harry Potter books in alphabetical order again, we’re here to hopefully shed a ray of bibliophilia (wow, we said that VERY carefully) light in to your weekend.

That’s because it’s #ShakespeareSunday, and ol’ William had some sage advice that we can still follow to this day.

The Bard had a few witticisms to help in the bleakest (and of course most joyful) of times.

So here’s a wander through some Shakespeare lines which are very appropriate for our #coronavirus times. It's almost like Bill knew we'd need him now more than ever!

One thing's for certain - his words of wisdom can help get us through.

There can be no more appropriate place to start than Henry V’s famous “Once more unto the breach dear friends, once more...” as we head into another week of #lockdown.

After all, “that island of England breeds very valiant creatures…", so let’s knuckle down and carry on.

Now, Shakespeare had a lot to say about impatience – quite a few people had to wrestle with boiling impatience, melancholy and anger in his day.

In the Merry Wives of Windsor, Shakespeare said “Sheathe thy impatience, throw cold water on thy choler”

(We’re not certain what the last bit means, so from Monday we will be introducing compulsory 7am cold baths for all!)

Or maybe you feel more like this?
“Who can be wise, amazed, temp'rate and furious, loyal and neutral, in a moment? No man.”
(Macbeth)

Or perhaps “Who can be patient in such extremes?” (Henry VI, Part 3 ).

We feel you, William.

You may think that “Patience is stale and I am weary of it” (Richard II ), but it'll be worth it in the end!

So, we'd rather say: “Why, courage then!” (Henry VI, Part 3)

We certainly DON'T encourage you to be “wanton as youthful goats” (Henry IV, Part 1) and get up to mischevious youthful goat stuff away from home.

You'd run the risk of being seen as a “scullion”, “rampallian” or “fustilarian” (Henry IV, Part 2)

Just keep thinking “when shall we three meet again?” (Macbeth), and before long we'll be back with all our friends. (We have two friends, hence the quote).

"Be patient, for the world is broad and wide” (Romeo and Juliet).

And, do you know what? We'll see the world again soon.

So remember, All’s Well That Ends Well.

There is light and hope if we all #StayHome , be patient and kind.

#coronavirus