Four hundred years after the death of the bard, Shakespeare’s sonnets and plays continue to influence not only the arts and theatre but dissent and defiance around the world. Index on Censorship magazine marks the anniversary with a special issue looking at how his work has been used to combat censorship and kick against the powers that be everywhere from Turkey and Hungary to the USA and China.
Here’s the award-winning cartoonist Ben Jennings discussing his illustrations in the latest issue with editor Rachael Jolley.
