Dr Philippa Earle
@uncouthswain.bsky.social
Miltonist | Research Associate at Uni of Exeter | occasional teacher | FHEA #ECR #FirstGen
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He'd ask me about you each time I saw him, Rachel. Remember when he came over specially for Karen's lecture at Birmingham library in 2017 (I think) and we all had dinner? Happy memories.
November 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
He'd ask me about you each time I saw him, Rachel. Remember when he came over specially for Karen's lecture at Birmingham library in 2017 (I think) and we all had dinner? Happy memories.
Here he is on the right, enjoying the cream tea!
November 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Here he is on the right, enjoying the cream tea!
after a hip replacement, on crutches, still in bandages. At Montacute House, I found him queuing for a cream tea, took his tray & insisted he sit down while I queued for him. He smiled & shuffled off accordingly (I think he enjoyed it). RIP Neil. 2/
November 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
after a hip replacement, on crutches, still in bandages. At Montacute House, I found him queuing for a cream tea, took his tray & insisted he sit down while I queued for him. He smiled & shuffled off accordingly (I think he enjoyed it). RIP Neil. 2/
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No iron age roundworks, then?
two men sit next to each other in front of a barbed wire fence with the word rn on the bottom
ALT: two men sit next to each other in front of a barbed wire fence with the word rn on the bottom
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November 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
No iron age roundworks, then?
How many writers write with this much confidence? Sutherland suggested that JA deliberately did not leave space for revision (unlike other writers of the time). Poignant to see the MS & letters alongside the lock of George Austen's hair that JA kept folded in this little piece of paper.
November 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
How many writers write with this much confidence? Sutherland suggested that JA deliberately did not leave space for revision (unlike other writers of the time). Poignant to see the MS & letters alongside the lock of George Austen's hair that JA kept folded in this little piece of paper.
I couldn't stop laughing at "man or mufe" 😂
October 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I couldn't stop laughing at "man or mufe" 😂
![Eld. Bro. I do not brother,
Infer as if I thought my sisters state
Secure without all doubt, or controversie:
Yet where an equall poise of hope and fear [410]
Does arbitrate th' event, my nature is
That I encline to hope, rather then fear,
And gladly banish squint suspicion.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nh3pljx6msbi6d5dftbkwulg/bafkreifat3en4ffym6r4ljvfcm7vd4nmzv6c62ozr5lr22vdagc7zcx3hi@jpeg)
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So far we've found Shakespearean epitaphs from 30 plays, 16 sonnets, and 3 of the longer poems. The only plays not on our list?
Taming of the Shrew
Henry VI 1 & 3
Two Gentlemen
Love’s Labours
Merry Wives
Coriolanus
Pericles
Cemetery strollers, let us know if you spot a quote from one of these!
Taming of the Shrew
Henry VI 1 & 3
Two Gentlemen
Love’s Labours
Merry Wives
Coriolanus
Pericles
Cemetery strollers, let us know if you spot a quote from one of these!
September 21, 2025 at 9:48 AM
So far we've found Shakespearean epitaphs from 30 plays, 16 sonnets, and 3 of the longer poems. The only plays not on our list?
Taming of the Shrew
Henry VI 1 & 3
Two Gentlemen
Love’s Labours
Merry Wives
Coriolanus
Pericles
Cemetery strollers, let us know if you spot a quote from one of these!
Taming of the Shrew
Henry VI 1 & 3
Two Gentlemen
Love’s Labours
Merry Wives
Coriolanus
Pericles
Cemetery strollers, let us know if you spot a quote from one of these!
