Love the sunlight and shadow on this @ucc.ie tree 🌳 #thicktrunktuesday #trees #treeclub

Two-year early modern English job, at Oriel College and the Oxford English Faculty, starting October. Happy to field any questions! my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

SB 44.1 is out now and fully Open Access! 🎉 The Performance Reviews section features reviews from @edelsemple.bsky.social, Hannah L Wilson, Dympna Callaghan, Henry MacCarthy, Ceola Daly, Erika D'Souza, Shehrazade Zafar-Arif, Sheila T Cavanagh, @teamaufidius.bsky.social, Suzy Lawrence 1/2

Enough with James Bond. Let me introduce Jane Bond, also a 007 spy but she’s an exhausted middle aged woman who is done with your shit (a thread)🧵

#Caturday #cats No one will be getting Anita’s nose while she naps!

Foxgloves in the garden this week, and I saw bees and a hummingbird hawk moth nearby. Help the pollinators, and help ourselves! #SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm

Colleagues might consider signing this petition against the downgrading of AHSS research by Research Ireland openletter.earth/concern-abou...

GET EXCITED! Our biennial conference is happening in THAT LONDON in 2027! It's our 💎 Diamond 💎 Jubilee, so get ready for a party. The #Renaissance Beyond Borders Warburg, 30 June-3 July 2027 Deadline for proposals: 25 September 2026 all info: rensoc.org.uk/cfp/12th-bie... #EarlyModern #SkyStorians

I don’t like when people talk to me - why would I want my email to do it?!

Marking a few hundred exam scripts at the moment, and I regret to announce the demise of the possessive apostrophe.

David Bowie as Jareth the Goblin King in Labyrinth.

This rare cloud-free image of Ireland, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites on 29 April 2026, provides an exceptional view of the island, revealing its surface in full spring detail. eu-space.europa.eu/components/e...

#CfP: ESRA 2027: "Shakespeare & Form", 27–30 July '27, in the undulating landscape of North Wales! Proposals by 5 June '26 The Triumvirate of Terrific Keynotes are @drsheeha.bsky.social, William E. Engel & Florence March rensoc.org.uk/announcement... #Skystorians #EarlyModernEvents #Shakespeare

Pericles: Shakespeare's Greatest Play...and I wish I could see the space-age production that's closing today @cincyshakes.bsky.social (and wish even harder I could see it tomorrow on May the Fourth). substack.com/@theshakespe...

High levels of cuteness from Anita this #Caturday #CatsofBluesky #cats

A second day of showcasing research ongoing in @ucc.ie School of English & Digital Humanities - yesterday was the Research Day and today is Bookends, our annual postgraduate conference #ArtsResearch #literature #Bookends #UCCEnglish @uccresearch.bsky.social

I woke up this morning to one of the most beautifully plaintive, haunting calls from the rainforest just outside my window. An cuach – cuckoo – heralding summer's arrival.

Beautiful day @ucc.ie Students and staff are out enjoying the campus #Cork #Ireland

we’ve got human beings on the dark side of the moon but microsoft word will still not let me add a comment to a footnote

Don’t miss tonight’s #Shax2026 performance of BIOphelia! Actor Amanda Vialva revives Ophelia’s journey to evolve Shakespeare’s story beyond the binary of Hamlet’s existential question (you know the one) and look at how we may adapt as part of nature, and better learn to inter-be…

Heh #Shax2026 @saaupdates.bsky.social come along to the “Baz Luhrmann's William Shakespeare's Romeo+Juliet at Thirty” seminar tomorrow morning led by @benbroadribb.bsky.social @gemmaallred.bsky.social & me!

Congrats @srsrensoc.bsky.social on a great issue; especially looking forward to reading articles by Irish contributors @carriegrif.bsky.social & Niamh Pattwell! 📖 #renaissance

We look forward to welcoming you to #Shax2026 in Denver NEXT WEEK! Registered attendees will receive a Know Before You Go email before #Shax2026 begins with tips and information to help kick off your conference.

The SRS invites applications for its Postdoctoral Fellowships, ŵ a stipend worth £15,000. SRS Fellows can hold jobs alongside their fellowship provided they do not take up more than the equivalent of 3 days a week over the course of the academic year. Apply by 30 April rensoc.org.uk/apply/postdo...

We are hiring postdoc researchers to join our #WrittenWorlds project at Birkbeck, with Sue Wiseman, @mdpowelldavies.bsky.social, @richardjansell.bsky.social and I. 0.5FTE, 13 months, focus on women's or provincial non-elite writing #EarlyModern 🗃️ cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/post...

cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/post... Written Worlds 17C Non-elite Writing 2 x Postdocs 0.5. Please consider applying.

#Caturday Anita took some personal time to visit her roundhouse retreat. Even catnip teddy was denied access! #cats #CatsofBluesky

Come and join us!! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQS657/a...

Edel Semple reviews the Actors From The London Stage’s 2025 production of Hamlet 🎭: performingarts.nd.edu/meet-the-art... 📰: muse.jhu.edu/article/981807 📷: Jason Comerford

✨OUT NOW!✨ ANNE SHAKESPEARE’S EPITAPH by @kscheil.bsky.social an original study of anne’s epitaph in holy trinity church (stratford) as a female-authored shakespearean text. free to download until MARCH 24: www.cambridge.org/core/element...

“In the first week of March the wind blows hard, swaying the reeds and bushes and bending the big trees beyond the lake to its cold breath.” The first page of ‘What to Look for in Spring” Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL Grant Watson

Cork city (named three ways) Printed in Amsterdam between 1661 and 1666, unknown publisher. (BL)

Can anyone keep their shoes on tonight on #Gladiators?! @gladiatorstv.bsky.social

Fire - “That wasn’t a chase, it was a runway!” 😆👏 I just love Unleash! @gladiatorstv.bsky.social #Gladiators #UKGladiators

Had a lovely chat with Marjorie Brennan from @irishexaminer.bsky.social about the travesty that is "Wuthering Heights" and delighted to see she quoted my initial reaction to it which was and still is, did Emily Bronte die for this 😅

2/ ... Elizabeth Klett, Eleanor Glasspoole, Noel Sloboda, and @edelsemple.bsky.social. Thanks to all the authors for their brilliant work. If you'd be interested in contributing a performance review to a future @shaxbull.bsky.social issue, get in touch here or email [email protected] 🙂

Okay, campers, rise and shine, and don't forget your booties 'cause it's cold out there today... #GroundhogDay

Watching the Eliminators on #Gladiators like -

Day or night @ucc.ie Quad is pretty! #Cork #photography

If you’re heading to see #Hamnet in the cinema, nominated for 8 #Oscars, check out my @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social article about the film, its origins, and the growing trend of #Shakespeare biofiction! #SpeirGorm #SpeirGhorm

Saw this rook elegantly picking at some damp moss in #Cork city today #corvid #IrishBirds #photography

Got some research written today, a teaching day, and this is how I’m feeling! #Shakespeare #academic

Passed a pigeon-fest in #Cork city today - lovely to see so many #pigeons happily pigeoning on a chilly morning.

A heart-wrenching film about love, loss family and grief. Edel Semple @ucc.ie @researchireland.ie on how Hamnet puts Shakespeare's wife Agnes at the heart of the film and depicting the writer as a family man and husband www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Interested in #Hamnet, this year’s big release headlined by two Irish stars? Want to know more about the film’s origins, #Shakespeare’s life on screen, and the hot trend that is #biofiction? Read my article on @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social hot off the (online) press! #PaulMescal #JessieBuckley

Today is the 12th day of Christmas and in Irish tradition is known as Nollaig na mBean (Women’s Christmas). On this day, men assumed the household duties normally done by women so women could visit and socialize. Today, it’s a celebration of women and women’s causes. www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Last chance to register for this evening's free live #Shakespeare webinar with Emma Smith and Emma Whipday. They will be discussing 'Measure for Measure', followed by a Q&A. ALL WELCOME! Register via Eventbrite: shakespeare-webinar-measure-for-measure.eventbrite.co.uk

Make a Bond movie academic: The World Is Not Enough: multinational expansion and market instability in the post-Bond era.

It may be #caturday, but Anita is still busy working as my study buddy. #cats