Nami getting some Me time #cats

We spend a lot of time complaining about Bloom, but I feel like Tillyard doesn't get enough ire. #shakespeare #academicchatter

#shakespeare #richardiii

I shall despair. There is no creature loves me, And if I die no soul will pity me. And wherefore should they, since that I myself Find in myself no pity to myself? The Tragedy of #RichardIII 5.3.212-215 #ShakespeareSunday

Gunaikurnai country today #gippsland #freepalestine

708 Days of Genocide: September 14th Newsletter #freepalestine

680,000 Gazans killed by April 2025, including 380,000 children under five #freepalestine

For the first time, the experiences of Muslim Australians have been systematically documented and addressed. The government must now act decisively.

British gummed label from the North African campaign (1940-1943), printed in English, French and Arabic. #history

Reading that the antiquarian John Stow was a tailor by trade who was reduced to poverty at the end of his life by 'by incessant bookbuying and his addiction to financially profitless scholarship' feels portentous #academicchatter #history

“Anne, I believe you’re just talking nonsense.” “Of course, I was, dear boy. Don’t you know that it is only very foolish folk who talk sense all the time?” -Anne of Avonlea #booksky #reading

Richard: I can add colors to the chameleon, Change shapes with Proteus for advantages, And set the murderous Machiavel to school. Can I do this and cannot get a crown? Tut, were it farther off, I’ll pluck it down. Henry VI III 3.2.193-197 #ShakespeareSunday

#FreePalestine Gippsland in Lakes Entrance yesterday

701 Days of Genocide: September 7th Newsletter #freepalestine

The moment, mid-interview, that the daughter of a Holocaust survivor is arrested for protesting the proscription of Palestine Action.

Gippsland this weekend #freepalestine

The final phase of the #GreekGenocide took place at Smyrna (Tr: İzmir) in September 1922 when Kemalist forces entered the city and took part in an orgy of looting, rape and massacre that targeted the city's Christian population, primarily Greeks & Armenians. They then burnt the city to the ground.

The great escape #annewithane #anneofgreengables

Of course, this is not over yet, but Harvard scores big win in round 1: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...

I refuse to give em dashes to the AI

Nicholas Breakspar, to date the only English pope, died on 1 September 1159. A Dottie Tale tells the story of his background. dottietales.wordpress.com/2015/12/04/n...

DUCHESS Thou cam’st on Earth to make the Earth my hell. A grievous burden was thy birth to me; Tetchy and wayward was thy infancy; Thy school days frightful, desp’rate, wild, and furious; #RichardIII 4.4.172-175 #ShakespeareSunday

Join us in Gippsland today #freepalestine

694 Days of Genocide: August 31st Newsletter #freepalestine

Usually Nami only gets a moment of peace before Susie goes goofy #cats

‘College students are bombarded by misinformation, so this professor taught them fact-checking 101 − here’s what happened’

#reading always rereading old favourites

I haven’t had a phone for a week and a half so there’s no new cat photos. But here’s a shy cassowary I met in 2016.

Buckingham: it is your fault that you resign The supreme seat, the throne majestical, The sceptered office of your ancestors, Your state of fortune, and your due of birth, The lineal glory of your royal house, To the corruption of a blemished stock #ShakespeareSunday #RichardIII 3.7.119-124

#Gippsland rallies today #freepalestine

687 Days of Genocide: August 24th Newsletter #freepalestine

My favourite inscription from Richard III’s ghost #richardiii

The Book of Fables with a never before seen story is free now in a new Kindle release #booksky “A glorious collection of stories. Once I started, I couldn't stop.” Clare Morris-Author of ‘There.’ US www.amazon.com/dp/B0BM6M56G1 UK www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BM6M56G1 AU www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0BM6M56G1

680 Days of Genocide: August 17th Newsletter #freepalestine

The silent Richard III film from 1912 is the oldest surviving American feature length film and thought to be the first feature-length Shakespearean adaptation ever made. Its star Frederick Warne used to appear at screenings and read excerpts during reel changes #richardiii #shakespeare

“The Bendigo festival has questions to answer about its code of conduct and the impact on freedom of speech[…]what binds the festival to the Universities Australia definition of antisemitism? Was it a condition of La Trobe’s sponsorship of four panels? If so, when was that condition imposed?”

Very pleased to say I have used the annotated First Folio this week #shakespeare #firstfolio #richardiii

Every time I read this I worry that Sukie is third on the list #enidblyton #reading

Some time ago Buddy went missing. Today he appeared on the lounge room floor after Susu had been exploring in the spare room being used for storage. Nami claimed him immediately after waking up from her afternoon nap. This is her judging me for misplacing him #cats

Israel has admitted to targeting and assassinating five journalists today. Their names are: Anas al-Sharif • Mohammed Qraiqea • Ibrahim Dahir • Moumin Alaywa • Mohammed Noufal

Third Citizen: Before the days of change, still is it so. By a divine instinct, men’s minds mistrust Ensuing danger, as by proof we see The water swell before a boist’rous storm. But leave it all to God. Whither away? #RichardIII 2.3.45-49 #shakespearesunday

Examining a piece of 16th century men’s gossip that has dogged a woman’s reputation for centuries. While the gossip has been more enthusiastically validated by women in the 20th century, it’s a reminder that much of #history has been written by, not just the ‘victors’, but men #academicchatter

Thank your local archivist and librarian. I'm immensely grateful to the staff at @folger.edu for working to allow me to view and handle Edwin Booth's Richard III tunic yesterday. Textiles are such a beast to preserve and make accessible. Being able to spend time with this costume meant the world.

When in #Gippsland #freepalestine #freepalestinegippsland

673 Days of Genocide: August 10th Newsletter #freepalestine