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Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life

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15/06/2024 GMT

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Author Rob Eastaway on the numbers in Shakespeare’s writing

Author Rob Eastaway on the numbers in William Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets

William Shakespeare might well rank as the most influential writer in the English language. But it seems he also had a knack for numbers. 

Rob Eastaway, author of Much Ado about Numbers, tells Tim Harford about the simple maths that brings Shakespeare’s work to life.  

Presenter: Tim Harford
Readings: Stella Harford and Jordan Dunbar
Producer: Beth Ashmead-Latham
Series producer: Tom Colls
Production coordinator: Brenda Brown
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Editor: Richard Vadon

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