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Barbara Everett
Barbara Everett (September 1932 – 4 April 2025) was a Canadian-born British academic and literary critic, whose work appeared frequently in the London Review of Books and The Independent. In addition to her own publications, she is recognised as a leading Shakespeare scholar. Everett was born in Montreal, Canada. She read English at St Hilda's College, Oxford, from 1951 to 1954. At the time of her death, she was a retired Fellow of Somerville College. She was married to the Oxford scholar of English literature, Emrys Jones, with whom she appeared in the 1996 documentary Looking for Richard. Frank Kermode described her as "a connoisseur of styles" with "a distinctive style of her own", and her 1986 book, Poets in their time as "one of the finest collections of criticism for years". A selection of her essays, edited by Seamus Perry, was published in 2025 by the London Review of Books, shortly before her death on 4 April 2025, at the age of 92.
Article summary
Barbara Everett (September 1932 – 4 April 2025) was a Canadian-born British academic and literary critic, whose work appeared frequently in the London Review of Books and The Independent. In addition to her own publications, she is recognised as a leading Shakespeare scholar. Everett was born in Montreal, Canada. She read English at St Hilda's College, Oxford, from 1951 to 1954. At the time of her death, she was a retired Fellow of Somerville College. She was married to the Oxford scholar of English literature, Emrys Jones, with whom she appeared in the 1996 documentary Looking for Richard. Frank Kermode described her as "a connoisseur of styles" with "a distinctive style of her own", and her 1986 book, Poets in their time as "one of the finest collections of criticism for years". A selection of her essays, edited by Seamus Perry, was published in 2025 by the London Review of Books, shortly before her death on 4 April 2025, at the age of 92.
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- publication date: 2025-04-04 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
Discussion questions
- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- The record states that the publication date is "2025-04-04". What evidence would count against this claim?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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