Shakespeare’s sceptr’d isle has always been a part of Europe | William Keegan

The inspiration the bard drew from the continent emphasises, whatever Brexiters might say, the inseparability of our history

We know that the Brexiters want to recapture a lost Britain; and few Britons can rival William Shakespeare in the patriotism stakes.

It intrigued me, therefore, to hear the following from a Shakespearean scholar who recently delivered a Bardic talk in - where else? - Stratford-upon-Avon. Stratford-upon-Avon is as near to Middle England as any Brexiter could wish.

There is much talk of 'globalisation', but the key economic development of the British economy has been Europeanisation

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