Dire Straits were one of the most unlikely success stories of the 80s, making 1985’s world-beating Brothers In Arms album before guitarist and leader Mark Knopfler ended the band at the height of ...

When Dire Straits was working on their third album, Making Movies, released in 1980, vocalist Mark Knopfler was writing a pensive ballad based on one of William Shakespeare’s most legendary plays.

Taken from the 1980 Dire Straits album Making Movies it can still be found in song polls today. It ranked number 36 in Radio 2’s recent Top 50 songs and did even better in the Daily Mail’s All ...