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

Age verification: I recorded radio programmes on open reel tape and edited it with a razor blade.

It's #WorldSuicidePreventionDay; it was really important to me when I wrote a new introduction to the New Cambridge Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet that I included a page of 'Advice and Support', which I hope might be useful for students, teachers, actors, readers... Here it is

In 1924, John Henry and Blossom became the first radio stars to broadcast a live comedy routine from an aeroplane flying over London. And quite possibly the last. Read about this and their many other exploits in 'Bigamy Killed the Radio Star' from your local bookshop or online bookstore.

Proof that nobody is *just* a pretty face... #JayneMansfield

@earlymodlancs.bsky.social 👇 #AdoreSnails

Fascinated that In Our Time is one of the BBC’s most popular podcasts among under 35s. The young people demand three academics and a peer discussing Demosthenes, apparently. And they’re right to do so.

Out today! How BBC comedy began - and why its first stand-up superstar was so quickly forgotten. 'Bigamy Killed the Radio Star' is now available in bookshops and online booksellers.

Finally checking the final proofs for our edited collection this week 👇 It's been a long journey 👇 So much thanks to our wonderful contributors and to my amazing co-editor Duncan Lees 👇 **Translating Shakespeare: Access and Mediation** | SpringerLink share.google/CphqMXbt9g5I...

This is a fantastic read.

My latest monthly #Shakespeare recommendation is now on Instagram - but you can also see it below. "Our court shall be a little academe Still and contemplative in living art" says the King of Navarre. He soon finds it won't be in Love's Labour's Lost #ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧 #RadioDrama #AudioDrama

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Thank you to whoever gave #ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧 five stars! #Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama

Just published - my article on how drama producers used their ingenuity to make sure we still had new audio productions during Covid: 'A Plague on All Our Houses: How Screens Kept Audio Drama Alive During the Pandemic'. In the journal Resonance: doi.org/10.1525/res.... (1/2)

Lovely piece on Ipswich.co.uk about #IpswichBookFestival and the involvement of me and some of my colleagues from the English team at the #UniversityOfSuffolk. #ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧 #SuffolkHaunts 👻 www.ipswich.co.uk/articles/loc...

Lovely piece on Ipswich.co.uk about #IpswichBookFestival and the involvement of me and some of my colleagues from the English team at the #UniversityOfSuffolk. #ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧 #SuffolkHaunts 👻 www.ipswich.co.uk/articles/loc...

Feeling rather proud today. The first time a show I’ve made has had a Radio Times front cover. Starts on 5th September on C4.

LAST FEW TICKETS ‘Between the Lines: Dialogue & Subtext’ #creativewriting Workshop What’s left unsaid is often more revealing. 🔸 Sat 20 Sept, 1:30pm-4pm 🔸 @writerscentre.bsky.social 🔸 Dragon Hall, 115–123 King Street, #Norwich NR1 1QE 🔸 £45 (£35) nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/events/betwe...

Pleased to finally have an author page up and running on Amazon: www.amazon.com/author/drand... Now when you click on my name it no longer takes you to books I haven't written (and in some cases, wouldn't want to be associated with!)

A Historical Fiction creative writing workshop - with real historical artefacts! ⚱️ #WolseyWriters x @ipswichmuseums.bsky.social Jade-Marie O’Grady and 'Ipswich in a Box' 📜 SAT 6 SEPT, 10:30am-12pm 🏹 At #NewWolsey Theatre, IP1 2AS Pay what you feel £0-£25 ⤵️ www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/wolse...

Just started on BBC Radio 4 Extra...

Klaxon: contains Radio 4 referring to me as a comedy historian which we all know is a made up job but I believe it was the first time it was used in the wild. It’s a cracking documentary.

Wouldn't a #roadtrip be fun? 🛣️ Let #Shakespeare come with you - as a #radioplay "Shakespeare on the Radio" by @audioandrea.bsky.social takes a tour of 100 years of #BBC radioplays by the Bard, 1923-2023 #BritishStudies #EnglishLiterature #BritishRadio #AdaptationStudies (sadly not our car!)

Throughout her long career – in everything from Grab Me A Gondola to Sherlock – Una Stubbs never put a foot wrong and became beloved by the entire industry. She was so shy she had to be strong-armed by her gallery to include this self-portrait in her solo show. She died 4 years ago today at 84. RIP

A real honour to have Sound the Horne included in Radio 4 Extra's request weekend on Sunday 17th August. Jimmy Carr (pictured by my side, standing on his money) gave the perfect quickfire delivery to my script. Other highlights: Mollie Millest and Haunch Me My Venison. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

And now for something completely different... My latest book project! If anyone has experience in the worlds of both Shakespeare and pantomime, I would love to interview you for SHAKESPEARE & PANTO! Please drop me a line.

Tickets now on sale 🎟️ #IpswichBookFestival 📕📗📘📙 Looking forward to talking about #ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧 #Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama @edinburghup.bsky.social www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/andre...

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Because we know life gets booked and busy, we thought we’d share some key dates you might want to add to your calendar… The 2026 Women’s Prizes for Fiction and Non-Fiction will kick-off on 8 October with our judges announcement – who’s excited?! #WomensPrize

Do follow Kristina on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kristina.ton... or check out her website: www.kristinatonev.co.uk And you can see more from the Fine Art #DegreeShow2025 on Instagram: UOS_FineArt www.instagram.com/uos_fineart?... fineartcollective_uos www.instagram.com/fineartcolle...

Every month I post an #AudioDrama #Shakespeare recommendation on Instagram. You can find this month's here: www.instagram.com/reel/DMzTjh7... or watch below. The artwork is by Kristina Tonev and is from the Uni of Suffolk #FineArt #DegreeShow2025. #SuffolkArt #RadioDrama #ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧