Write on after kid tragedy

AUTHORS INSPIRED BY DEATHS

- JAMES MOORE

HAMNET, the movie about William Shakespeare’s only son who died aged 11, has won big at the Golden Globes awards.

The heartbreaking flick, starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley, scooped best dramatic film as well as Jessie winning the best actress gong.

The death is said to have inspired the playwright’s great work Hamlet. But he’s not the only famous writer to suffer the heartache of losing a child, as JAMES MOORE reveals...