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Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social · 2h

I like the idea of Measure FM as. Shakespeare radio station …

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Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social · 2h

Another collaborative play…. The RSC version really fascinatingly scripted by the director

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Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social · 19h

It’s interesting for attribution studies to move beyond - why isn’t this apparently very good? Ah, phew, not Shakespeare…

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Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social · 19h

It makes sense if we think GP less competent than early Shakespeare…

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Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social · 19h

First Folio Code Unlocked

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Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social · 20h

It is in London, if anyone else is interested!

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Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social · 22h

If you can get to this before last night 17 Jan, highly highly recommended: www.rsc.org.uk/twelfth-night/

Twelfth Night | Royal Shakespeare Company | Royal Shakespeare Company

Washed up on an unknown shore, a woman embarks on a secret new life but discovers she's not the only one hiding something...

www.rsc.org.uk

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Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social · 23h

Hi Nick, most scholars feel GP wrote the opening act - but it’s all up for grabs. What did you all think?

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Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social · 9d

Do join me and @callanid.bsky.social to talk buck baskets, feisty wives and small town Tudor life👇

Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 20d

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

English Faculty/OWC Shakespeare Webinar: The Merry Wives of Windsor

In this free webinar, Professor Emma Smith will be discussing the new edition of The Merry Wives of Windsor from Oxford World's Classics.

shakespeare-webinar-merry-wives.eventbrite.co.uk

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Sam Leith @questingvole.bsky.social · 12d

Really enjoyed talking to Philippa Gregory about Cromwell, Tudor slang, historical fiction and tyranny for the new podcast

Philippa Gregory: Boleyn Traitor

Sam Leith's guest on this week's Book Club podcast is the historical novelist Philippa Gregory. In her gripping new book Boleyn Traitor, Philippa seeks to rescue Jane Boleyn from the vast condescensio...

www.spectator.co.uk

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Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 11d

Will is one of the best people I know to talk to about poetry: £20 for 2 hours of his time is a bargain

Clare Pollard @poetclare.bsky.social · 11d

Shocked to discover we still have places for this online workshop with WILL HARRIS next Thursday. 2hr session, small group, fun exercises - join him for some rule breaking! £20
#poetry #winchesterpoetry

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/canon-or-c...

Canon or Cannon?: online workshop with Will Harris

What happens when new rules in poetry are invented? Find out in this online workshop. As part of Winchester Poetry Festival 2025.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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The TLS @thetls.bsky.social · 15d

'This glamorous Life writing began early. Weeks before Marlowe’s untimely and violent death, a shady intelligencer called Richard Baines had drafted the outline of the playwright’s afterlife'

Emma Smith: Our ideas of Christopher Marlowe

Early modern autofiction?

www.the-tls.com

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 16d

At @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk on Tuesday: Fiona Stafford speaks to Jenny Uglow about her new book, A Year with Gilbert White, which chronicles the work of the Hampshire clergyman who became the father of British natural history.

Just a few tickets are left:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jenny-uglo...

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Mathew Lyons @mathewlyons.bsky.social · 16d

Here's a film of his long, searing 1980s poem V. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu3Z...

Tony Harrison V (Richard Eyre)

YouTube video by Pablo Rodri

www.youtube.com

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 20d

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

English Faculty/OWC Shakespeare Webinar: The Merry Wives of Windsor

In this free webinar, Professor Emma Smith will be discussing the new edition of The Merry Wives of Windsor from Oxford World's Classics.

shakespeare-webinar-merry-wives.eventbrite.co.uk

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Iman Sheeha (she/her) @drsheeha.bsky.social · 21d

Look who has a gorgeous cover now!! Arden of Faversham introduced by moi will be published as part of the Oxford World’s Classics series in April 2026.

Look at that cover! ❤️❤️🔥

Publication date is 9 April 2026. You can pre-order your copy here: global.oup.com/ukhe/product...

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Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 25d

'And that underlying rhythm probably sounds quite familiar: it’s like a heartbeat. Shakespeare loved iambic pentameter because it sounds very close to natural, heart-felt speech': argh, this kind of thing (from Shakespeare's Globe website) drives me mad: someflowerssoon.substack.com/p/10-reasons...

10 Reasons Why the Iambic Pentameter is Not Like the Human Heartbeat

On an idea about poetry that needs to die

someflowerssoon.substack.com

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Rose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social · 26d

Last of a recent brilliant bundle of Puffin Post magazines.
Part of my pleasure in collecting them is sharing them here & seeing others enjoy them too.
Another glorious Jill McDonald illustration & a bright reminder that spring light always returns, as autumn dampens the air & lengthens the shadows

Cover of a 1971 puffin post magazine with colourful cartoon illustration of a giant puffin head with a ladybird mooching along their beak, emerging from a green hedge looking up at cherry blossoms and insects, including a bee, a red admiral butterfly and something that looks like a kind of pink tea fish with lots of legs and wings flitting about above in a bright blue sky.
In the top right corner, the title puffin post is hand lettered in hot pink psychedelic script

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Allie Alvis 🌷 @book-historia.bsky.social · 27d

Aussies, Kiwis, and people of the Southeastern Hemisphere: I’m teaching ✨Pop Bibliography✨ at the Australian & New Zealand Rare Book School in Feb. 2026!! Applications are now open: www.sl.nsw.gov.au/preview-link...

Australian & New Zealand Rare Book School 2026

Content from the State Library of New South Wales.

www.sl.nsw.gov.au

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 26d

Did you miss our recent #Shakespeare webinar on The Comedy of Errors? Watch the recording to catch up.

And don't forget to register for the next webinar on 6 Oct where Emma Smith will be exploring The Merry Wives of Windsor with Callan Davies. All welcome! youtu.be/l5OTG2OL2Hc

English Faculty Shakespeare Webinar with Emma Smith: The Comedy of Errors

YouTube video by Faculty of English, University of Oxford

youtu.be

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R @rchlcze.bsky.social · Sep 1

Hey guys! We could really do with some help bumping around our food bank fundraising as we’ve only raised £10 in the GFM for September. We feed kids when the government doesn’t by distributing packs of fresh fruit veg and meal making ingredients as well as gofund.me/4b297c14

Donate to SUN AUTUMN-WINTER FOOD AND BABY BANK, organized by SUN Baby Bank

Each school holidays we aim to curb the deficit left by the Welsh Labour government… SUN Baby Bank needs your support for SUN AUTUMN-WINTER FOOD AND BABY BANK

gofund.me

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 28d

On Tuesday, @tricialockwood.bsky.social will be at Conway Hall talking to Joe Dunthorne about her upcoming novel, 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘉𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘠𝘰𝘶, in her only UK event for the book.

Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/patricia-l...

Patricia Lockwood & Joe Dunthorne: Will There Ever Be Another You

Patricia Lockwood’s only UK event for her latest novel Will There Ever Be Another You

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social · Sep 12

Just for balance: I’ve opted to go - for conversation, solidarity with beloved colleagues on the frontline etc, but I absolutely get the reasons not to, especially the reminder that this should not be normalised. Sorry this joyful affirmation of your scholarship is now so complicated

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Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social · Sep 12

It’s a beautiful poem, Catherine.

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Jenny Richards @jennyrichards.bsky.social · Sep 11

Very pleased to see our Bee-ing Human film on the @leverhulme.ac.uk website. I will be sharing more from our science-humanities project on bee sentience soon as we finalise our bee book this autumn media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/charle...

media.leverhulme.ac.uk

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