Shakespeare Okuni
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Actor. Director. Author of A Twist of Rotten Silk – ishakespeare.org
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I cannot recommend this book highly enough- CLOSE READING FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, ed Sinykin & Winant. It’s inspiring me for the term ahead! Eng Lit tutors, what are your favourite ways of teaching close reading in a university context?
September 25, 2026 at 4:25 PM
I cannot recommend this book highly enough- CLOSE READING FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, ed Sinykin & Winant. It’s inspiring me for the term ahead! Eng Lit tutors, what are your favourite ways of teaching close reading in a university context?
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Thanks to Jen our fab computer officer @cam-english-fac.bsky.social all my #SlowShakespeare blogs are back here www.english.cam.ac.uk/research/slo... as 'projects' #StarCrossed #StormTossed #DaggerDrawn #KingedUnkinged #2Dudes1Dog #BurningBarge #InkyCloak #MoonMad. #ProdigalPrince begins 1 October!
September 25, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Thanks to Jen our fab computer officer @cam-english-fac.bsky.social all my #SlowShakespeare blogs are back here www.english.cam.ac.uk/research/slo... as 'projects' #StarCrossed #StormTossed #DaggerDrawn #KingedUnkinged #2Dudes1Dog #BurningBarge #InkyCloak #MoonMad. #ProdigalPrince begins 1 October!
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Tonight, Rachel Aanstad and I are recording the latest episode of SHAKESPEARE AND FRIENDS #YouTube and #podcast series: "What role do the gods play in Shakespeare?"
Watch this space!
youtube.com/@shakespeare...
Watch this space!
youtube.com/@shakespeare...
September 25, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Tonight, Rachel Aanstad and I are recording the latest episode of SHAKESPEARE AND FRIENDS #YouTube and #podcast series: "What role do the gods play in Shakespeare?"
Watch this space!
youtube.com/@shakespeare...
Watch this space!
youtube.com/@shakespeare...
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1/4 Here’s a flavour of my Introduction to the OWC #Shakespeare #Pericles, this time focusing on the play’s Chorus, John Gower. Follow along for more and tune into my #OxfordWorldsClassics @engfac.bsky.social webinar with Prof Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social on 2 November!
September 24, 2026 at 11:27 PM
1/4 Here’s a flavour of my Introduction to the OWC #Shakespeare #Pericles, this time focusing on the play’s Chorus, John Gower. Follow along for more and tune into my #OxfordWorldsClassics @engfac.bsky.social webinar with Prof Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social on 2 November!
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A wonderful lineup for November's emagazine A Level English Literature Student Conference!
Bookings open at 10am on Tuesday 29th September. See details and booking information on our website: www.englishandmedia.co.uk/conferences/...
Bookings open at 10am on Tuesday 29th September. See details and booking information on our website: www.englishandmedia.co.uk/conferences/...
September 24, 2026 at 3:31 PM
A wonderful lineup for November's emagazine A Level English Literature Student Conference!
Bookings open at 10am on Tuesday 29th September. See details and booking information on our website: www.englishandmedia.co.uk/conferences/...
Bookings open at 10am on Tuesday 29th September. See details and booking information on our website: www.englishandmedia.co.uk/conferences/...
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In the latest episode of The Econoclasts, Wolfgang dissects the recent CDU electoral disasters while, in the second segment, I argue that Europe's wholesale slump needs to be blamed primarily on the compromised, defeated, co-opted Centre Left www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol0h...
Germany can't recover from this - Yanis Varoufakis & Wolfgang Munchau | The Econoclasts
YouTube video by UnHerd
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September 23, 2026 at 8:56 PM
In the latest episode of The Econoclasts, Wolfgang dissects the recent CDU electoral disasters while, in the second segment, I argue that Europe's wholesale slump needs to be blamed primarily on the compromised, defeated, co-opted Centre Left www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol0h...
For my friends and correspondents around the world. A three day celebration of Mahmoud Darwish –
#arabicliterature #booksky #MahmoudDarwish #poetry
souffleinedit.com/agenda-cultu...
#arabicliterature #booksky #MahmoudDarwish #poetry
souffleinedit.com/agenda-cultu...
Mahmoud Darwich Poetry Day : trois jours autour du poète
Le Mahmoud Darwich Poetry Day se tient du 25 au 27 septembre 2026 à Paris et dans plusieurs villes avec lectures, concerts, films et rencontres.
souffleinedit.com
September 24, 2026 at 8:14 AM
For my friends and correspondents around the world. A three day celebration of Mahmoud Darwish –
#arabicliterature #booksky #MahmoudDarwish #poetry
souffleinedit.com/agenda-cultu...
#arabicliterature #booksky #MahmoudDarwish #poetry
souffleinedit.com/agenda-cultu...
For my friends and correspondents in Beirut. A three day celebration of Mahmoud Darwish –
#arabicliterature #booksky #MahmoudDarwish #poetry
www.lorientlejour.com/article/1548...
#arabicliterature #booksky #MahmoudDarwish #poetry
www.lorientlejour.com/article/1548...
Mahmoud Darwich, une poésie à plusieurs voix
Le vendredi 25 septembre, le musée Sursock fera place à Mahmoud Darwich et aux poètes palestiniens qui écrivent après lui. Cette soirée beyrouthine s’inscrit dans le Poetry Day, un hommage qui...
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September 24, 2026 at 8:13 AM
For my friends and correspondents in Beirut. A three day celebration of Mahmoud Darwish –
#arabicliterature #booksky #MahmoudDarwish #poetry
www.lorientlejour.com/article/1548...
#arabicliterature #booksky #MahmoudDarwish #poetry
www.lorientlejour.com/article/1548...
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📣 Registration is open! Join us in Weimar on 6–7 November to discuss authority and its abuses, governance, and legitimacy in #Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure! We're very much looking forward to welcoming our distinguished speakers, including @pascaleexeter.bsky.social and @lizschafer.bsky.social.🎭
September 23, 2026 at 6:52 AM
📣 Registration is open! Join us in Weimar on 6–7 November to discuss authority and its abuses, governance, and legitimacy in #Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure! We're very much looking forward to welcoming our distinguished speakers, including @pascaleexeter.bsky.social and @lizschafer.bsky.social.🎭
I am a monster
like Quasimodo
or Caliban the natural man
giving wild ripostes to my reflection
It Is What It Is. By the inimitable Vic Chesnutt.
At the Cut. 22 September 2009.
#caliban #lyrics #shakespeare #singersongwriter #vicchesnutt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yusT...
like Quasimodo
or Caliban the natural man
giving wild ripostes to my reflection
It Is What It Is. By the inimitable Vic Chesnutt.
At the Cut. 22 September 2009.
#caliban #lyrics #shakespeare #singersongwriter #vicchesnutt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yusT...
It Is What It Is
YouTube video by Vic Chesnutt - Topic
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September 23, 2026 at 6:03 PM
I am a monster
like Quasimodo
or Caliban the natural man
giving wild ripostes to my reflection
It Is What It Is. By the inimitable Vic Chesnutt.
At the Cut. 22 September 2009.
#caliban #lyrics #shakespeare #singersongwriter #vicchesnutt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yusT...
like Quasimodo
or Caliban the natural man
giving wild ripostes to my reflection
It Is What It Is. By the inimitable Vic Chesnutt.
At the Cut. 22 September 2009.
#caliban #lyrics #shakespeare #singersongwriter #vicchesnutt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yusT...
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The blueskiest bluesky thing is 400+ quote tweets, each of them individually pointing out that Shakespeare didn't write in Olde English but honestly R&J isn't even a good fit for Eggers, he needs Jacobean tragedy, give this man the Revenger's Tragedy or Women Beware Women and I would be SEATED
Robert Eggers is set to direct a new film adaptation of ‘ROMEO AND JULIET’.
The film will feature the actors speaking in Olde English.
(Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...)
The film will feature the actors speaking in Olde English.
(Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...)
September 22, 2026 at 11:16 PM
The blueskiest bluesky thing is 400+ quote tweets, each of them individually pointing out that Shakespeare didn't write in Olde English but honestly R&J isn't even a good fit for Eggers, he needs Jacobean tragedy, give this man the Revenger's Tragedy or Women Beware Women and I would be SEATED
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Luke Kennard for the win, please
Here's everything you need to know about the six remarkable books on Booker Prize 2026 shortlist, and the stories behind them.
thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
September 22, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Luke Kennard for the win, please
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Brilliant time yesterday at @awickenden.bsky.social and @oldfortunatus.bsky.social ‘s “Politics of Rare Books” event @crasshlive.bsky.social talking about/connecting with people working across all things rare books and colonial provenance with academics and librarians.
September 22, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Brilliant time yesterday at @awickenden.bsky.social and @oldfortunatus.bsky.social ‘s “Politics of Rare Books” event @crasshlive.bsky.social talking about/connecting with people working across all things rare books and colonial provenance with academics and librarians.
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Big thanks to all involved. Uplifting and encouraging to share and learn together. I think the suggestion from @oldfortunatus.bsky.social for ‘guerilla writing’ really remains the most feasible path to wider sharing.
September 22, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Big thanks to all involved. Uplifting and encouraging to share and learn together. I think the suggestion from @oldfortunatus.bsky.social for ‘guerilla writing’ really remains the most feasible path to wider sharing.
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#Dorset friends! On Saturday 3 October I'll be at the King's Arms Hotel, #Dorchester, as the guest of the brilliant Teasel & Skylark bookshop. I'll be sharing stories and behind-the-scenes insights from A History of England in 25 Poems. Come and join us!
www.teaselandskylark.com/events/a-his...
www.teaselandskylark.com/events/a-his...
A History of England in 25 Poems with Writer and Historian, Catherine Clarke — Teasel & Skylark
What if you could use a poem to time travel into England’s past? Catherine Clarke’s new history book tells the history of England in a brilliant new way
www.teaselandskylark.com
September 21, 2026 at 7:18 AM
#Dorset friends! On Saturday 3 October I'll be at the King's Arms Hotel, #Dorchester, as the guest of the brilliant Teasel & Skylark bookshop. I'll be sharing stories and behind-the-scenes insights from A History of England in 25 Poems. Come and join us!
www.teaselandskylark.com/events/a-his...
www.teaselandskylark.com/events/a-his...
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Here's the proper social media card from Waterstones. Join me and the brilliant @willtullett.bsky.social on Monday 12 October at Gower Street! We'll be in conversation over our new #books and surprising ways into #history - through smell and time machine poems... www.waterstones.com/events/new-w...
September 22, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Here's the proper social media card from Waterstones. Join me and the brilliant @willtullett.bsky.social on Monday 12 October at Gower Street! We'll be in conversation over our new #books and surprising ways into #history - through smell and time machine poems... www.waterstones.com/events/new-w...
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Next up in our #Shakespeare webinar series is RICHARD III. Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social will be joined by Susan L. Anderson (Mary Baldwin University) to discuss the new Oxford World's Classics edition of the play.
5 October | 6-7.15pm (BST)
This is a free public event & all are welcome!
5 October | 6-7.15pm (BST)
This is a free public event & all are welcome!
English Faculty/OWC Shakespeare Webinar: Richard III
In this free webinar, Professor Emma Smith will be discussing the new edition of Richard III from Oxford World's Classics.
shakespeare-webinar-richard-iii.eventbrite.co.uk
September 21, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Next up in our #Shakespeare webinar series is RICHARD III. Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social will be joined by Susan L. Anderson (Mary Baldwin University) to discuss the new Oxford World's Classics edition of the play.
5 October | 6-7.15pm (BST)
This is a free public event & all are welcome!
5 October | 6-7.15pm (BST)
This is a free public event & all are welcome!
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Now that this has been proven through DNA testing, it’s time for a reread of William Wells Brown’s novel Clotel. He knew about Thomas Jefferson. A lot of folks knew.
Two Centuries On, Smithsonian Connects Jefferson’s Hair to Hemings’s Children www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/a...
Two Centuries On, Smithsonian Connects Jefferson’s Hair to Hemings’s Children (Gift Article)
A new book describes how cutting-edge genomics techniques yielded “extraordinary proof” that Thomas Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings.
www.nytimes.com
September 19, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Now that this has been proven through DNA testing, it’s time for a reread of William Wells Brown’s novel Clotel. He knew about Thomas Jefferson. A lot of folks knew.
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Amazing to be at the National Portrait Gallery tonight to toast the knowledge-sharing & conservation efforts that have led to the public display of this mysterious #earlymodern portrait from 1626 (the artist and two boys are as yet unidentified). It will be on show in London until March 2028.
September 18, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Amazing to be at the National Portrait Gallery tonight to toast the knowledge-sharing & conservation efforts that have led to the public display of this mysterious #earlymodern portrait from 1626 (the artist and two boys are as yet unidentified). It will be on show in London until March 2028.
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We are delighted to have received a total of 4 UK Theatre Awards nominations! 🎉
September 17, 2026 at 4:39 PM
We are delighted to have received a total of 4 UK Theatre Awards nominations! 🎉
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Just occasionally, you come across a new poem from a young poet that reassures you all is well with the future of poetry.
Dean Browne, from his debut Picador collection ‘After Party’
Dean Browne, from his debut Picador collection ‘After Party’
September 19, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Just occasionally, you come across a new poem from a young poet that reassures you all is well with the future of poetry.
Dean Browne, from his debut Picador collection ‘After Party’
Dean Browne, from his debut Picador collection ‘After Party’
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NEW MEREDITH MONK phaedraensemble.bandcamp.com/album/realms
Realms, by Meredith Monk, Phaedra Ensemble
8 track album
phaedraensemble.bandcamp.com
September 18, 2026 at 1:29 PM
NEW MEREDITH MONK phaedraensemble.bandcamp.com/album/realms
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Who doesn’t like the occasional dip into someone else’s personal correspondence? The Folger’s collection of 16th and 17th century letters gets us up close and personal with some of the period’s most famous and infamous people. Today we take a look at John Donne: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
Other People's Mail | John Donne | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
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September 18, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Who doesn’t like the occasional dip into someone else’s personal correspondence? The Folger’s collection of 16th and 17th century letters gets us up close and personal with some of the period’s most famous and infamous people. Today we take a look at John Donne: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...