Ian Burrows
@irburrows.bsky.social
Fellow in English @ClareCollege
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www.shakespeareforsnowflakes.com
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www.beyondthetrigger.org
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www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/research/networks/affective-encounters
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www.shakespeareforsnowflakes.com
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www.beyondthetrigger.org
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www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/research/networks/affective-encounters
(1/3) For those in/near Cambridge: Weds and Thurs evening I'm working with the performer Meg Lewis to examine slapstick and sympathy in theatres and lecture theatres. Details here: www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/47965/
November 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
(1/3) For those in/near Cambridge: Weds and Thurs evening I'm working with the performer Meg Lewis to examine slapstick and sympathy in theatres and lecture theatres. Details here: www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/47965/
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Today is the OFFICIAL publication day for TEXTILE SHAKESPEARE! Please indulge me: I want to say a little (perhaps rather a lot) about it and share my acknowledgements - and a discount code! Appropriately,🧵1/10
November 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Today is the OFFICIAL publication day for TEXTILE SHAKESPEARE! Please indulge me: I want to say a little (perhaps rather a lot) about it and share my acknowledgements - and a discount code! Appropriately,🧵1/10
Have *you* been affected by drama - on stage, in the street, in your day to day *life*?? Then check out this new @crasshlive.bsky.social research network steered by me, @femimind.bsky.social, Cassie Lowe and Rosalind Parker: www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/research/networks/affective-encounters/
October 8, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Have *you* been affected by drama - on stage, in the street, in your day to day *life*?? Then check out this new @crasshlive.bsky.social research network steered by me, @femimind.bsky.social, Cassie Lowe and Rosalind Parker: www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/research/networks/affective-encounters/
This reminds me of an important Shakespeare x cats question that I want to put to the academic community at large: is 'Tibbles' a corruption of Tybalt (i.e. Prince of Cats)?
What a brilliant chat! I'm buzzing with ideas...congrats @irburrows.bsky.social! You can see Amber was super intrigued! She had a question about cats in The Comedy of Errors but didn't get a chance to ask! @oldfortunatus.bsky.social 👀🔥🐈⬛
September 3, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This reminds me of an important Shakespeare x cats question that I want to put to the academic community at large: is 'Tibbles' a corruption of Tybalt (i.e. Prince of Cats)?
We're going up against Sun, Sea and Selling Houses on Channel 4 this Monday at 6pm, but @oldfortunatus.bsky.social and I have Shakespeare in our [online] corner (and - spoiler alert - The Comedy of Errors features both sea *and* houses). Do come and join us if you're free!
Join us online on 1 September at 6pm to explore #Shakespeare's 'The Comedy of Errors' with Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social and Ian Burrows @irburrows.bsky.social. This webinar is free and open to all.
Prepare to learn more about one of Shakespeare's most farcical plays! #TheComedyofErrors
Prepare to learn more about one of Shakespeare's most farcical plays! #TheComedyofErrors
English Faculty/OWC Shakespeare Webinar: The Comedy of Errors
In this free webinar, Professor Emma Smith will be discussing the new edition of The Comedy of Errors from Oxford World's Classics.
shakespeare-webinar-comedy-of-errors.eventbrite.co.uk
August 28, 2025 at 10:07 AM
We're going up against Sun, Sea and Selling Houses on Channel 4 this Monday at 6pm, but @oldfortunatus.bsky.social and I have Shakespeare in our [online] corner (and - spoiler alert - The Comedy of Errors features both sea *and* houses). Do come and join us if you're free!
Katrin, Lady Hygiene Bag, the lesser known - and in my opinion far superior - counterpart to Alfred Lord Tennyson
July 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Katrin, Lady Hygiene Bag, the lesser known - and in my opinion far superior - counterpart to Alfred Lord Tennyson
I couldn't manage 8 in one go, mind
June 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I couldn't manage 8 in one go, mind
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Hey #earlymodern folks! Latest issue of *Shakespeare* just out, with a special section on 'Health and Wellbeing' guest-edited by Joan Fitzpatrick. www.tandfonline.com/toc/rshk20/2...
Shakespeare
Volume 21, Issue 2 of Shakespeare
www.tandfonline.com
June 6, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Hey #earlymodern folks! Latest issue of *Shakespeare* just out, with a special section on 'Health and Wellbeing' guest-edited by Joan Fitzpatrick. www.tandfonline.com/toc/rshk20/2...
I do not feed the pigeons/I do not feed the sparrows, too/It gives me a sense of enormous compliance
#authoritarianbritpop
#authoritarianbritpop
June 5, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I do not feed the pigeons/I do not feed the sparrows, too/It gives me a sense of enormous compliance
#authoritarianbritpop
#authoritarianbritpop
was recently reunited with my long-lost twin brother, also called Ian - and although he's too humble to post about it I'm so enormously proud to see his (my!) name on the title page of this spiffy new Oxford World's Classics edition of The Comedy of Errors.
March 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
was recently reunited with my long-lost twin brother, also called Ian - and although he's too humble to post about it I'm so enormously proud to see his (my!) name on the title page of this spiffy new Oxford World's Classics edition of The Comedy of Errors.
Love this installation piece, called simply 'Stairs' #cityofculture
February 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Love this installation piece, called simply 'Stairs' #cityofculture
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1/2 Romance plays are all about strange coincidences. As I was leaving yesterday to see the Globe’s wonderful new Cymbeline my copies of the new OWC edition (for which I wrote the intro) arrived at the door. I sneaked into the SWP and grabbed a pit pic after the show…
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February 21, 2025 at 12:28 PM
1/2 Romance plays are all about strange coincidences. As I was leaving yesterday to see the Globe’s wonderful new Cymbeline my copies of the new OWC edition (for which I wrote the intro) arrived at the door. I sneaked into the SWP and grabbed a pit pic after the show…
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It’s the UK publication day for the New Oxford Shakespeare Titus Andronicus, featuring my critical introduction on theatrical innovation, rape, race, politics, and how the play has always forced audiences to confront their relationship with Shakespeare. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
February 13, 2025 at 6:11 AM
It’s the UK publication day for the New Oxford Shakespeare Titus Andronicus, featuring my critical introduction on theatrical innovation, rape, race, politics, and how the play has always forced audiences to confront their relationship with Shakespeare. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Thrilled: camped out for two weeks to get this shot and a sure sign Spring is on its way. Two wild bread delivery lorries facing off over territory, 10.2.25. #nature #springwatch
February 10, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Thrilled: camped out for two weeks to get this shot and a sure sign Spring is on its way. Two wild bread delivery lorries facing off over territory, 10.2.25. #nature #springwatch
Jesus Christ what happened here
January 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Jesus Christ what happened here
Somebody had to unjam and unclog the washing machine filter today and it turns out this key was the problem. Is there an app that tells me what this key unlocks? Please advise.
January 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Somebody had to unjam and unclog the washing machine filter today and it turns out this key was the problem. Is there an app that tells me what this key unlocks? Please advise.
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Along with…. @bkadams.bsky.social Julius Caesar, @laurajaynewright.bsky.social Henry VIII, @bachrach.bsky.social Richard II, @irburrows.bsky.social Comedy of Errors and @kimgilchrist.bsky.social Cymbeline
Whoop!
Whoop!
January 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Along with…. @bkadams.bsky.social Julius Caesar, @laurajaynewright.bsky.social Henry VIII, @bachrach.bsky.social Richard II, @irburrows.bsky.social Comedy of Errors and @kimgilchrist.bsky.social Cymbeline
Whoop!
Whoop!
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[wind horns]
The Oxford World's Classics Titus Andronicus, feat. my new introduction, is now a month out from publication (just in time for Valentine's Day!) and available to pre-order here: pages.oup.com/trade/collec...
The Oxford World's Classics Titus Andronicus, feat. my new introduction, is now a month out from publication (just in time for Valentine's Day!) and available to pre-order here: pages.oup.com/trade/collec...
Oxford University Press | OWC Shakespeare
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January 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
[wind horns]
The Oxford World's Classics Titus Andronicus, feat. my new introduction, is now a month out from publication (just in time for Valentine's Day!) and available to pre-order here: pages.oup.com/trade/collec...
The Oxford World's Classics Titus Andronicus, feat. my new introduction, is now a month out from publication (just in time for Valentine's Day!) and available to pre-order here: pages.oup.com/trade/collec...
a.k.a. the Go Forth and Multiply sandwich
January 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
a.k.a. the Go Forth and Multiply sandwich
Looking forward to tuning into all of these, and to chatting with @oldfortunatus.bsky.social, @oldfortunatusofEphesus and @IRBurrowsofEphesus on the 1st September!
We're delighted to announce the launch of a webinar series with Prof Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social.
She will discuss a different Oxford World's Classics #Shakespeare title each month with a special guest. The first event will explore 'As You Like It' with Todd Borlik on 6 Jan 2025 at 6pm.
She will discuss a different Oxford World's Classics #Shakespeare title each month with a special guest. The first event will explore 'As You Like It' with Todd Borlik on 6 Jan 2025 at 6pm.
English Faculty / Oxford World's Classics Shakespeare Webinar Series with Professor Emma Smith
www.english.ox.ac.uk
December 16, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Looking forward to tuning into all of these, and to chatting with @oldfortunatus.bsky.social, @oldfortunatusofEphesus and @IRBurrowsofEphesus on the 1st September!
Philosophy 101: will you be waiting forever or not at all
November 23, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Philosophy 101: will you be waiting forever or not at all