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Professor of Shakespeare Studies, University of Oxford
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Hester L-J
about 9 hours ago
Easy to laugh at Helena and the rest in Midsummer Night's Dream
#MoonMad
. But - on this day - here's Sinéad Morrissey's & Forgive us our trespasses (from Parallax, Carcanet, 2013), which I've long loved. (Partly prompted by finishing Sarah Perry's beautiful Enlightenment, SO good on the unrequited.)
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Engelsberg Ideas
2 days ago
🎧The EI Podcast: Hamlet Unravelled Emma Smith (
@oldfortunatus.bsky.social
), Professor of Shakespeare Studies at Oxford University, explores Hamlet and its rich critical history with EI’s
@alastairbenn.bsky.social
and
@paullay.bsky.social
audioboom.com/posts/886038...
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Hamlet unravelled
Emma Smith (https://www.ox.ac.uk/news-and-events/find-an-expert/professor-emma-smith) , Professor of Shakespeare Studies at Oxford University, explores Hamlet and its rich critical history with EI’s A...
https://audioboom.com/posts/8860382-hamlet-unravelled
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Philip Schwyzer
3 days ago
The latest
#ShaxEpitaphs
project update is available now. Did you know that, thanks to Maggie O'Farrell, Hamnet and Judith Shakespeare now have memorials in the Stratford churchyard where they lie buried -- with, needless to say, Shakespearean epitaphs?
shaxepitaphs.exeter.ac.uk/2026/02/03/j...
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January 2026 project update – Shakespearean Graves
https://shaxepitaphs.exeter.ac.uk/2026/02/03/january-2026-project-update/
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The cover of my book This Is Shakespeare - translated into Ukrainian and forthcoming. I am speechless, really. Thankyou, colleagues.
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Simon Tillotson
4 days ago
Tomorrow, a download button will appear on our webpage and that’s also when most In Our Time listeners outside the UK will get to hear Misha’s first programme via usual providers including
bbc.com
. (UK BBC Sounds listeners are always 28 days ahead.) We enjoy making these & hope you enjoy listening
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Hester L-J
4 days ago
Puck is a MENACE and he thinks he's HILARIOUS
#MoonMad
#SlowShakespeare
www.english.cam.ac.uk/research/slo...
It's a grey old day so here is Puck (Gladys Hulette, aged 13; child Pucks v common in the C19) doing INCREDIBLE MAGIC in the 1909 silent film, plus a still.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=307t...
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David McInnis
4 days ago
Oooh! So pleased to see Ellie Collins’ book out in our series!! Such wonderful repertory work!
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9780719090868/
CC
@shakesinstitute.bsky.social
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Prof Bob Davis
9 days ago
After seeing the Edinburgh exhibition last year, this is superb
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Artist Andy Goldsworthy on gathering gravestones: This is my best work yet
For years he was overlooked by the art world - now he's been approached to create a piece for a new art prize.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2k84zyk61o
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Lucy Munro
9 days ago
In which
@oldfortunatus.bsky.social
, Laurence Publicover and I did a thing...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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In Our Time - Henry IV Part 1 - BBC Sounds
Shakespeare's powerful exploration of power and succession with Hotspur, Hal and Falstaff.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002qth3
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Wow: thank you!
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9 days ago
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Will Wyeth
9 days ago
www.english.ox.ac.uk/ten-minute-b...
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Jack Lynch
17 days ago
Since Emilia Bassano was busy writing the works attributed to the Stratford man, Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum must be the work of Edward DeVere, 17th Earl of Oxford.
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Shakespeare was actually a black Jewish woman, new book claims
Feminist historian identifies Tudor poet Emilia Bassano as true author whose identity was hidden by literary establishment
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/shakespeare-was-actually-a-black-jewish-woman-new-book-claims-b1268036.html
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This 👇
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Hester L-J
14 days ago
Quince: it's called PYRAMUS & THISBE; Bottom: I'm PYRAMUS yes?
#MoonMad
#SlowShakespeare
www.english.cam.ac.uk/research/slo...
The 2025-6 Headlong Dream had Quince (Jack Humphrey) a sommelier, Flute (Priya Kalsi) a waitress & Bottom (Danny Kirrane) the EXECUTIVE chef, which worked very well.
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Faculty of English, University of Oxford
15 days ago
Join us this Monday to explore
#Shakespeare's
'Richard II' with Emma Smith
@oldfortunatus.bsky.social
and special guest Hailey Bachrach. The event will take place online via Zoom at 6pm on Monday, 2 February. All welcome! The event is free but registration is required.
#RichardII
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English Faculty/OWC Shakespeare Webinar: Richard II
In this free webinar, Professor Emma Smith will be discussing the new edition of Richard II from Oxford World's Classics.
https://shakespeare-webinar-richard-ii.eventbrite.co.uk
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The History of European Theatre Podcast
19 days ago
Why did Shakespeare write 'Troilus and Cressida'? On today's new episode returning guest Rachel Aanstad helps us to get to the bottom of that knotty question
#theatre
#theatrehistory
#shakespeare
#troilusandcressida
#podcast
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Hester L-J
19 days ago
Hermia: so long, best friend!
#MoonMad
#SlowShakespeare
www.english.cam.ac.uk/research/slo...
Lysander (Christopher Gable) and Hermia (Mary Rutherford) in the Peter Brook Dream
@the-rsc.bsky.social
1970, des. Sally Jacobs
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National Association for the Teaching of English
22 days ago
Calling all English teachers. Do these two things. 1. Go to
www.nate.org.uk
. 2. Tap to share and add to home screen. You can now explore some of the best long-form writing about English teaching, optimised for seamless reading on your phone.
#NATE
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Lisa Hopkins
23 days ago
My (admiring) review of this should shortly be appearing in Shakespeare (
www.tandfonline.com/journals/rsh...
) - I've just done the proofs.
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https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rshk20
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The Arden Shakespeare
23 days ago
'Shakespeare’s Violence and the Early Modern Spectator' by
@beckyyearling.bsky.social
explores how Shakespeare’s original audience might have responded to his scenes of violence, and the complex web of factors that shape our present-day responses too. Out today!
https://bit.ly/4pSWjvb
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EngLangBlog
24 days ago
Desperately sad news about Deborah Cameron today. She was such a brilliant, incisive presence in the world of linguistics and particularly language and gender. Don't know what else to say but I'm sure there will be many tributes paid to her and her work in the days to come.
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Hester L-J
27 days ago
Lysander has a plan: ELOPEMENT!
#MoonMad
#SlowShakespeare
www.english.cam.ac.uk/research/slo..
. Hermia (Sinead Keenan) and Lysander (Trystan Gravelle) in the 2005
@the-rsc.bsky.social
Dream, dir. Gregory Doran
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ANZAMEMS
29 days ago
CFP: Tyranny, Resistance, and the Performance of Early Modern Drama #medieval #earlymodern
anzamems.org/cfp-tyr...
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Carl Maxim
30 days ago
"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."
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Hester L-J
30 days ago
Lysander: THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE NEVER DID RUN SMOOTH! It's TRUE!
#MoonMad
#SlowShakespeare
www.english.cam.ac.uk/research/slo...
Hermia (Francesca Mills, fabulously ferocious) and Lysander (Sam Crerar) in the 2023 Globe Dream, dir. Elle While.
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Jackie Watson
about 1 month ago
Delighted to say that my book comes out in paperback shortly. Available to pre-order here:
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-epistol...
30% off discount code is PAPER30. 🙂
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(Dr.) Diana Henderson
about 1 month ago
Delighted the new year brings (at last!) vol. 53 of Shakespeare Studies to the world, in all its purple-edged glory: Marlowe stars in the Forum, & the NGP, Articles & Reviews all full of wit & wisdom. Congratulations to Jim Siemon for 11 years of leadership, w/ huge gratitude for our collaboration!
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Corinne Fowler
about 1 month ago
Great project done recently about enslavement and Scottish rural history
lamhan.scot/2025/05/06/l...
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Legacies of Slavery: Reflecting on a Complex Heritage in Rural Scotland – Làmhan
https://lamhan.scot/2025/05/06/legacies-of-slavery-reflecting-on-a-complex-heritage-in-rural-scotland/
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Vagina Museum
about 1 month ago
This spring, we've teamed up with Open University to examine feminism, gender and justice within law, theatre and the humanities at our inaugural Fanniversary conference. We want to hear your proposals for papers, lectures, performances, workshops and more.
www.vaginamuseum.co.uk/fanniversary...
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Adam Smyth
about 2 months ago
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
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Adam Smyth | Like No One in Existence
In September, I invited people to record themselves reading a short passage from an English translation of Rousseau’s...
https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/december/like-no-one-in-existence
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I’m really excited about this
@the-rsc.bsky.social
from late January:
www.rsc.org.uk/all-is-but-f...
: and delighted to be chatting with the brilliant Whitney White after the performance on 19 Feb. Do come!
about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
Kazimir Malevich, redacted
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Kirkdale Bookshop
about 2 months ago
Robert Fludd, redacted
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Chad Loder
about 2 months ago
What are they hiding?
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English and Media Centre
about 2 months ago
2025 has been a very busy year here at EMC. We supported thousands of students and teachers through our courses, conferences and resources this year and hope for more of the same in 2026!!
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Just catching up with
@cjfaraday.bsky.social
‘s brilliant Story of Tudor Art. Highly recommended.
www.hive.co.uk/Product/Chri...
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https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Christina-J-Faraday/The-Story-of-Tudor-Art--A-History-of-Tudor-England-Throug/31526411
about 2 months ago
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Hester L-J
about 2 months ago
I can't do a poll, but I can make an executive decision, so🥁🥁🥁 I'll be starting my EIGHTH
#SlowShakespeare
daily blog on 1 January:
#MoonMad
aka Midsummer Night's Dream. Because we could all do with some laughs & a bit more fairy-dust right now... (Gwendoline Christie as Titania at the Bridge, 2019)
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Shakespeare Bulletin
about 2 months ago
Pascale Aebischer reviews Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2025 production of Titus Andronicus, dir. Max Webster. 🎭:
www.rsc.org.uk/titus-andron...
📰:
muse.jhu.edu/article/974942
📷: Marc Brenner, (Titus Andronicus)
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2 months ago
Folks - I am quoted in National Geographic on
#Hamnet
#Shakespeare
!!! 🤩 It energises me to continue research on Shakespeare biofiction with
@kscheil.bsky.social
and editing our 50 chapter Shakespeare biofiction Handbook - out with Palgrave in 2026!
www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...
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The brief life—and untimely death—of Hamnet Shakespeare
Though little is known about the life of William Shakespeare's only son, historians say his premature death may have shaped the bard's most famous works.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/hamnet-william-shakespeare-son-death
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Kathleen E. Kennedy
2 months ago
Well hot damn. Progress. A temp manuscript catalog is back.
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British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue
https://searcharchives.bl.uk/
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Dinah Rose KC
2 months ago
Happy Hanukkah!
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Iman Sheeha (she/her)
2 months ago
Congratulations to the wonderful Medieval and Early Modern Orients
@memorients.bsky.social
team for a hugely successful inaugural conference and especially for making it accessible and fully hybrid. So grateful and humbled ❤️❤️
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Fiona Maddocks
2 months ago
Looking again at Last Days - and a terrific Ariodante
observer.co.uk/music/classi...
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The Kurt Cobain opera is hallucinogenic | The Observer
https://observer.co.uk/music/classical/article/the-hallucinogenic-kurt-cobain-opera
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Sam Leith
2 months ago
Last minute pre-Christmas self-promotion: The Haunted Wood has been named top non-fiction paperback of the year in The Times (and in the Guardian’s top 30). So feel free to buy a copy for a loved one…
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The 31 best paperbacks of 2025
From prizewinners and heartbreakers to comedies and tragic true stories, here’s what our critics most enjoyed this year
https://www.thetimes.com/article/d428297e-cb52-4f9d-86e7-0d6237824bd3?shareToken=99319b3c344db890888c47f22ff22c48
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CN Lester 🏳️⚧️
2 months ago
God, I just want trans people to be fulfilled as people - not as totemic figures of left wing victory, not placeholders for liberal tolerance. Just as whatever we are. Whatever our vocations, our loves, our ambitions. We're political footballs for the right, but also for the left. I want more.
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Andrea Wulf
2 months ago
It's a real thing... when the first proofs arrive, a manuscript turns into a book. „The Traveller" comes out on 2 June 2026.
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Dinah Rose KC
2 months ago
Here's the curtain call last night - we had a ball, with the brilliant Lee Mack, Miles Jupp, Richard Ayoade, Paterson Joseph, KCs and judge - and Professor Emma Smith
@oldfortunatus.bsky.social
who stole the show. A big thank you to Josie Rourke and all at CSSF.
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Mark Oosterveen
2 months ago
Never thought I’d ever be a part of an Oscar campaign, however unlikely, but then again we do live in interesting times
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Naomi Alderman
2 months ago
Brilliant choice of Misha Glenny for In Our Time! He interviewed me at the Vienna Humanities festival a few weeks ago and he had the perfect wide-ranging interests and intelligence. As a fan of IOT I am cheering.
www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...
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Misha Glenny to present BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time
The much loved series returns on 15 January 2026
https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2025/misha-glenny-in-our-time-bbc-radio-4
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CN Lester 🏳️⚧️
2 months ago
Solidarity with every trans person struggling to keep their heads in the game today. Along with everything else, this is absolutely a war against our collective and individual mental and emotional health - against our very sense of self. It's expected to feel the blow. But we stay fighting.
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