Literary allusion: The White House at Dunsinane Hill

Excellent example of literary allusion:

Birnam Wood arrived early. pic.twitter.com/i3rQok6G6D

— Shakespeare Magazine (@UKShakespeare) 28. November 2018

"Birnam Wood arrived early" in Shakespeare Magazine's tweet refers to the prophecy made by the three witches in Macbeth. 

In Shakespeare's play Macbeth, Macbeth is told that he will only be defeated when Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane Hill (where his castle is). Later, his enemy's army comes through Birnam Wood and each soldier cuts a large branch to hide himself, so that when the army moves on it looks as if the wood is moving. Macbeth is defeated and killed. (1)

The picture in the tweet shows this year's Christmas decorations at the White House (2018), with the First Lady, Melania Trump, admiring it.

Of course, the parallel drawn (indirectly) between President Trump and Macbeth is wildly exaggerated and utterly inappropriate. But the tweet above is not to be taken literally and is obviously intended as a tongue-in-cheek comment on the style of the decorations. ______________
(1) short description taken from ldoceonline - thank you.

Brexit ... getting closer

Credits: pixabay.com

The Spectator of this week has a feature on the current status of the Brexit process, or rather on the state of discussions about how it can and should proceed. Have a look here:

Brexit is served

Please note the pun here: The headline is an allusion to the phrase "dinner is served", a German equivalent of something like „Es ist angerichtet“ - which would be a nicely ambiguous German expression as well in this context (in addition to the food context, it might be interpreted as „Der Schaden ist angerichtet“). In this light, have a good look at the caricature, too.

What the British government is ignoring, is rising support for the demand of a second referendum, this time on the conditions of Britain leaving the EU.

UK's top lawyers urge Theresa May to back second Brexit vote

On the other hand, many people think there will never be a second referendum:

Why a second Brexit referendum is unlikely