i mean, richard iii, for instance, there's a huge debate, you know, because obviously recently he was a car park? under the "".r yeah! crazy! amazing, innit? amazing. and, of course, there are fans of richard iii who's a bit furious with shakespeare because how we imagine richard iii existed and the way he lived his life is entirely defined by shakespeare's version of it, which was entirely theatrical, and which shakespeare used for his own purposes, so yes, he is part of the weft of our cultural life. whatever the historical truth may be, shakespeare has made of richard an unscrupulous murderer, twisted in mind and body, relentless in his ambition to gain the crown of england, destroying all who stand in his way. darest thou resolve to kill...? there's so many words that he coined for the first time and, you know, things that we say every day which that... like what? "neither a borrower nor a lender be," you know? well, my favourite one at the moment is, "i am "in blood, stepped in so far that should i wade no more, "returning were as tedious as go o'er." which has, ithink, probably