Nicola Burkinshaw

Nicola Burkinshaw is a tutor specialising in English and history. She lives in Wiltshire

No, Lady Macbeth isn't a trans man

William Shakespeare’s Lady Macbeth is many things: ruthless, ambitious, manipulative, flawed. But there’s one thing she isn’t: a man. Or so I thought. For almost a decade, I have been working as a private tutor helping students studying English and history. I love my job: there’s few things better in life than reading great literature