I have never favoured the witchless approach to Macbeth. Once the necromantic imperative driving the central characters has been hacked out, the play turns into pointless, gory thriller.

One valuable thing a blogger often does is hyperlink to magazine and newspaper stories or other interesting blogs, she says.

[…] Since holy David's seat; which, of especial grace, / Doth lend that noble name to that unnobled place.

But all such plagues, calamities and troubles[…]I shall with a reredemaine so make them rebound to our common enemie that calleth himselfe King.