[carom]

>Will at centre of legal battle over Shakespeare’s home unearthed after 150 years

What a confusing title. I read it as the home being unearthed after 150 years and that there was a will involved in an active dispute over this newly unearthed home.

[dwattttt]

There are more absurd interpretations, when you remember that his first name was William.

[convnet]

They had to dig up Ole William to get his side of the story

[krapp]

Preferably with a lawyer delivering a soliloquy while holding Shakespeare's skull in one hand.

[userbinator]

I've noticed that UK news in general seems to like these sorts of headlines.

[clbrmbr]

it's a brilliant title that's both technically correct and extremely misleading!

I thought it implied that there was an ongoing legal battle over the home and some original will that upsets those proceeds had been found underground. That'd be a very dramatic story!

Instead, there was a legal battle long in the past, and this was the will that was submitted to the government at the time, and kept in the archives. They make no mention of whether Shakespeare's original will survives. It's basically hey look at this document from the old archives that somebody thought was might be of historical value so they put it in a box but really doesn't change anything. It's just available online for the first time.

[bryanrasmussen]

I think there would need to be some punctuation for that interpretation to make any sense.

[djmips]

It's a headline and it requires a skill to interpret.