This is gonna be fab! Can't wait! 📻🎄🎧💛

Great launch of the Suffolk Centre for Culture & Heritage this afternoon at the University of Suffolk. So much #arts, #culture & #heritage going on in #Suffolk - and lovely to see conversations and connections growing. Also fab to hear the new chancellor @zebsoanes.com championing the field 💛🎭📚🖼️📷🎬

Launch of first book by one of our #UniversityOfSuffolk #English PhD alumni last night. Congratulations to Dr Andrew Worrall on the publication of The Inheritance of Peter Tye. #CreativeWriting #NewNovel

Some lovely tributes to Prunella Scales, including this in @radiotimes.bsky.social But the best has been the extended interview with her son Samuel West for #BBCRadio4's #TheLastWord Essential listening not only for fans of Prunella but for anyone interested in acting www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Naturally disappointed that journalist Betty Knox, who reported on the Goering trial, is not portrayed in the Russell Crowe 'Nuremberg' movie. But, seeing as characters include Corporal Jones and Camp MP, they've obviously decided to play it for laughs.

Searching for the perfect Christmas comedy gift? How about 'Bigamy Killed the Radio Star' (the birth of BBC comedy)? Or 'It's Friday It's Crackerjack' (the entire history of a teatime TV classic). Or everyone's favourite sand-dancing trio 'Wilson Keppel & Betty - Too Naked for the Nazis.' Sorted!

Great day at #AHTV Lots of useful conversations (and now a notebook full of tips and ideas) about working with the media. Lovely opportunity to see old friends and make new acquaintances. Many thanks to the #AHRC & the #TVFoundation for organising.

As it's the first of the month, time for another #Shakespeare recommendation. Tomorrow is All Souls Day, so... November: Hamlet You can find a production starring Ronald Pickup on #BBCSounds with an introduction from me. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧 #RadioDrama #AudioDrama

Apparently it's #Halloween...

My biography of BBCs first comedy celebrity - Bigamy Killed the Radio Star - is currently 3,062,500 in the Amazon best-sellers list. Let's see if we can get it into the top 2 million before Christmas!

Too right, @lizduffyadams.bsky.social! Loved hearing her refute the nonsense that #Shakespeare wasn't clever enough to write the plays, as well as talking about her play #BornWithTeeth (including clips of the current West End production). Recommended listening 🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

#ShakespeareSurvey 78 has arrived 📕 Really looking forward to reading the #Audio #Shakespeare section (where you'll find my contribution), plus @benbroadribb.bsky.social's article on the Henry VI plays - personal faves of mine (and the subject of my MA dissertation) www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...

Wonderful event at Suffolk Archives to celebrate the 50th anniversary of #RadioOrwell For those too young to remember, Radio Orwell was our news, our social media and our friend - predating BBC Radio Suffolk by 15 years. #RadioMemories #Suffolk #Ipswich #Radio #LocalRadio

🛩️ This time next week! Our #WolseyWriters theme is SPY STORIES in fiction, film & real life. 🛩️ w/ special guest author & historian Bob Pearson. 🛩️ SAT 1 NOV, 10:30am-12pm 🛩️ Creative writing at #NewWolsey Theatre, Ipswich #Suffolk Pay what you feel ⤵️ www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/wolse...

Translating #Shakespeare: Access and Mediation is out now! I'm delighted to be part of this excellent group of scholars. Looking forward to reading this. More info available here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007... And you can get 20% off with the code: PALAUT Congratulations to everyone involved 🎉📕

It's been #graduation week at #UniversityOfSuffolk. Unfortunately my teaching commitments meant I couldn't attend the ceremony for my former students but a couple of my #English department colleagues were there and put together this lovely little video. Congratulations to everyone graduating 🎉

Our 2nd year University of Suffolk students have been studying #AsYouLikeIt this week - and this is a fab production. Pippa Nixon is glorious as Rosalind, while Johnny Flynn's music is soulful yet infectious. I guarantee you'll be singing along by the end 🎶 #Shakespeare www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

Wonderful surprise to see that Shakespeare Survey 78 is now out in the world, including a piece by yours truly on inter-English conflict in The Merry Wives of Windsor that I am actually quite proud of! www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...

Very pleased to learn at the end of last week that my article for Shakespeare Survey 78, "The BBC's Television Adaptations of Henry VI and Britain's National Identity Crises," has now been published online. If you'd like to read it, here's the link: www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...

Not heard in nearly three decades, today BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcasts Are You Still Awake? 15 minute plays starring real-life couples written by Russell Davies First episode with Prunella Scales & Timothy West was broadcast on Radio 3 28.11.94

My chapter 'Shakespeare for Free: The Accessibility and Politics of Audio Shakespeare in Anglo-American Contexts' is out now in the book Translating Shakespeare Access and Mediation, edited by the brilliant pairing of Duncan Lees & @earlymodlancs.bsky.social Here's the link: doi.org/10.1007/978-...

Delighted to have an article in the latest edition of Intermission from @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social 'Desperately Seeking Betty' features some new research into Egyptian sand-dancers Wilson, Keppel & Betty - plus a previously unseen picture of the original Betty.

A couple of weeks ago, I had a great time at #IpswichBookFestival This is me talking about Shakespeare's Henry V - the clip starts just after I mentioned Laurence Olivier's 1944 film. Coincidentally Henry V was my #Shakespeare play choice for October #ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧 #RadioDrama #AudioDrama

*New Publication!* Lovely end to the week - 'John Gielgud on Air: 65 Years of Performing Shakespeare on Radio' out now in Shakespeare Survey. It shows that not only was he a leading stage actor, but he was an audio drama pioneer too. If you have access, here's the link: doi.org/10.1017/9781...

Last night my local news programme's opening report suggested an eSports degree is "more valuable" than studying #EnglishLiterature www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002kx17 I don't want to attack colleagues in other fields, but when will people realise the value of studying English (see also below 👇)

Thank you @burylitfest.bsky.social & Bury St Eds Library for a beautiful event yesterday celebrating East Anglian Voices. I was honoured to appear w/ Emily Buchanan, Ashley Hickson-Lovence & Lisa Brennan. A wonderfully energising & thoughtful conversation w/ a brilliant audience #suffolk #booksky 📚💙

Library downsizing trauma? #books #reading

This time last week... 👇 📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚 #IpswichBookFestival #ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧 #Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama

ICYMI... Proof I can talk about playwrights other than #Shakespeare! And you can get a 2-minute taster for free 📻🎭🎙️ #ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧 #RadioDrama #AudioDrama

Great article about my wonderful friend @katiewardwriter.bsky.social in the EADT on Saturday. Have highlighted a couple of my fave bits #Ipswich #Shakespeare I can also warmly recommend Katie's novel #Pathways 📙 - and if you're interested in writing yourself, #WolseyWriters is a fab place to start

What a wonderful weekend for the first #IpswichBookFestival. My session on #ShakepseareOnTheRadio 💀🎧 at the #Ipswich Institute was pretty much a full house. And our University of Suffolk students were brilliant yesterday – prompting the busiest Q&A I saw at the event. Roll on next year! 📚

Had a great time at the #IpswichBookFestival earlier talking about my book #ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧 Very flattered by the number of people who came. These pics give you an idea of me in action. Towards the end I'm ripping some celery to simulate breaking bones! #Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama

Thank you EADT Weekend for featuring me today 🖤 We talked about #WolseyWriters, the blended family love story at the heart of my novel PATHWAYS and @burylitfest.bsky.social Do join us on Sat 11 Oct, 1:15pm, BSE Library www.burylitfest.co.uk www.burylitfest.co.uk/product-page... #booksky #suffolk

🔊Early access release for our wonderful patrons - it's a chat with @audioandrea.bsky.social about pre-modern drama on the radio, the challenges and freedoms that the medium allow. Our patrons get early access to pod releases every Wednesday! #drama #AudioDrama #Radio www.patreon.com/posts/discus...

You can see another monthly #Shakespeare recommendation on my Instagram - or below. The 25th of Oct is St Crispin's Day so I chose Henry V (although I'm actually more interested in whether a diplomatic marriage can also be a love match). #ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧 #Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama

Wild Pages Writers Residency (paid) at #Suffolk Community Libraries: They're looking for 6 short-form writers to engage with nature and landscape. Open to #writers in different formats inc short fiction, poets, songwriters etc. Deadline 5pm Mon 20 Oct suffolkcommunitylibraries.co.uk/programmes/c...

I know most people read academic articles digitally, but I do still love to have a physical copy of my work. So it was lovely when the most recent copy of #Resonance plopped through my letterbox this morning. doi.org/10.1525/res.... #AudioDrama #RadioDrama #Shakespeare

Our #Shakespeare webinar series continues! Join us on 6 Oct at 6pm to delve into the new OWC edition of The Merry Wives of Windsor with @oldfortunatus.bsky.social & @callanjd.bsky.social All welcome! Register now via Eventbrite & you will be sent a Zoom link before the event. #teamenglish

Robert E. Howard to H. P. Lovecraft, 22 Sep 1932

This month is both the 70th anniversary of the start of Crackerjack and of ITV. Trying my utmost not to have favourites, I've celebrated one in Yours magazine and the other in Radio Times.

🎊 Book Launch 📍 #IpswichBookFestival 📆 Saturday 4th October, 10:30am 🎫 £10 Join our author @audioandrea.bsky.social  for a discussion on how listening to #Shakespeare on the radio can help us understand the legendary writer's plays better. Sign-up below:

Today in Yours magazine, I manage to cram the entire history of Crackerjack from 1955 to 2021 into a double-page spread. That surely deserves a Crackerjack pencil.

Another spotting of #ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧 in the wild - this time in @waterstones.bsky.social Gower Street, London. Thank you to @staffordquips.bsky.social for the photos 📘📘📘 @edinburghup.bsky.social #Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama

An opportunity to share your prose & poetry at @burylitfest.bsky.social. Following Helen Ivory's performance there will be an Open-Mic on Friday 10th October, 7.30pm, Unitarian Meeting House £10 (£5). #creativewriting #WolseyWriters www.burylitfest.co.uk/product-page...

The book of the radio interview of the TV series is still available from all bookish outlets - shops, online and the odd ice-cream van. 'It's Friday, It's Crackerjack!' tells the entire history of the show from 1955 to 2021.

Three weeks today I'll be talking about #ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧 at the #IpswichBookFestival with my friend and University of Suffolk colleague, Dr Jenny Amos. Can't wait! #Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama #BookSky #BookCommunity www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/andre...

It's often suggested that Kenneth Branagh has been heavily influenced by Laurence Olivier - but with his recent King Lear and now The Tempest, I'd say he's now in his John Gielgud phase... @the-rsc.bsky.social www.rsc.org.uk/the-tempest/

Applications are open for the @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social Mentorship Programme 2025. 'We want to help change the future of publishing so you can tell the stories that reflect our community.' Closes: Fri 10 Oct 2025 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/connect/b... #writingcommunity #wolseywriters pls share

Delighted to see this. If it wasn't for Elizabeth, #ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧 wouldn't have happened. She was the first person I spoke to at @edinburghup.bsky.social and was really encouraging, as well as putting me in contact with the wonderful @emilysharp.bsky.social What a great team 💛 📘📘📘📘📘📘📘📘📘📘📘

Unfortunately the first two episodes have already dropped off #BBCSounds, but glad to hear the following series is coming next month... #InTheRed #InTheBalance @radiotimes.bsky.social