“The play was written in the 1590s and the adaptation will use authentic language”
THAT IS MODERN ENGLISH
THAT IS MODERN ENGLISH
September 23, 2026 at 8:23 AM
“The play was written in the 1590s and the adaptation will use authentic language”
THAT IS MODERN ENGLISH
THAT IS MODERN ENGLISH
March 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
March 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
June 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Professor Petrus Ricardus, physician to Infanta Isabella & Archduke Albert, 1590s. By Frans Pourbus, whose day is today.
February 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Professor Petrus Ricardus, physician to Infanta Isabella & Archduke Albert, 1590s. By Frans Pourbus, whose day is today.
Looks like the cover for a children's book but is actually a sloth from the 1590s by Joris Hoefnagel. Amazing! Somebody must write a book to go with it.
July 24, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Looks like the cover for a children's book but is actually a sloth from the 1590s by Joris Hoefnagel. Amazing! Somebody must write a book to go with it.
Detail of Elizabeth I’s extravagant farthingale-flared dress, with embroidery attributed to Bess of Hardwick, featuring insects, animals, snakes, fish (& a dragon), intermingled with pearls, roses, irises & Elizabeth’s favourite pansies (Hilliard studio, 1590s)
November 17, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Detail of Elizabeth I’s extravagant farthingale-flared dress, with embroidery attributed to Bess of Hardwick, featuring insects, animals, snakes, fish (& a dragon), intermingled with pearls, roses, irises & Elizabeth’s favourite pansies (Hilliard studio, 1590s)
Fearful symmetry: Hardwick Hall, Bess of Hardwick's great Derbyshire house, designed for her by Robert Smythson in the 1590s. Amazing structure. Just a wall of windows; you can hardly even find the door! Today is Bess’s day.
July 27, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Fearful symmetry: Hardwick Hall, Bess of Hardwick's great Derbyshire house, designed for her by Robert Smythson in the 1590s. Amazing structure. Just a wall of windows; you can hardly even find the door! Today is Bess’s day.
■ Portrait of a Jewish Woman and a Greek Woman in Istanbul, 1590s #ottomanempire #istanbul #history #jewsih #greek
December 24, 2024 at 1:07 AM
■ Portrait of a Jewish Woman and a Greek Woman in Istanbul, 1590s #ottomanempire #istanbul #history #jewsih #greek
Professor Petrus Ricardus, physician to Infanta Isabella & Archduke Albert, 1590s. By Frans Pourbus, whose day is today.
February 19, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Professor Petrus Ricardus, physician to Infanta Isabella & Archduke Albert, 1590s. By Frans Pourbus, whose day is today.
Looks like the cover for a cool children's book but is actually a sloth from the 1590s by Joris Hoefnagel. Amazing! Somebody must write book to go with it. 💙📚 #booksky
July 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Looks like the cover for a cool children's book but is actually a sloth from the 1590s by Joris Hoefnagel. Amazing! Somebody must write book to go with it. 💙📚 #booksky
Instead of taking us back to the 1950s, they want to go back to the 1590s.
Feudalism for everyone.
Serfs up.
Feudalism for everyone.
Serfs up.
🧵Go back to 2019.
A small group of right-wing donors convened in the tiny village of Rockbridge, Ohio, to discuss plans for extending the future of the MAGA movement and turning Trump's political coalition into an enduring transformation of the Republican Party.
Convened by Thiel and Vance.
A small group of right-wing donors convened in the tiny village of Rockbridge, Ohio, to discuss plans for extending the future of the MAGA movement and turning Trump's political coalition into an enduring transformation of the Republican Party.
Convened by Thiel and Vance.
The secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now rewriting MAGA’s future
Chris Buskirk put tech elites in power in Trump’s Washington. His efforts are grounded in a controversial theory: An “aristocracy” is needed to move the country forward.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Instead of taking us back to the 1950s, they want to go back to the 1590s.
Feudalism for everyone.
Serfs up.
Feudalism for everyone.
Serfs up.
Fearful symmetry: Hardwick Hall, Bess of Hardwick's great Derbyshire house, designed for her by Robert Smythson in the 1590s. Amazing structure. Just a wall of windows: you can hardly even find the door! Today is Bess’s day.
July 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Fearful symmetry: Hardwick Hall, Bess of Hardwick's great Derbyshire house, designed for her by Robert Smythson in the 1590s. Amazing structure. Just a wall of windows: you can hardly even find the door! Today is Bess’s day.
The phrase 'eke out' feels so modern, but I learned it's from the 1590s.
March 14, 2026 at 11:21 PM
The phrase 'eke out' feels so modern, but I learned it's from the 1590s.
*What's that noise from above? I am still practicing*
(1590s, Arion is still playing and riding his dolphin).
(1590s, Arion is still playing and riding his dolphin).
May 26, 2026 at 6:44 AM
*What's that noise from above? I am still practicing*
(1590s, Arion is still playing and riding his dolphin).
(1590s, Arion is still playing and riding his dolphin).
had to look this up because i was pretty sure there was no Shakespeare play of this name and there isn't: instead today i learned that Shakespeare did a guest verse in a play by some hacks in the early 1590s. you love to see it
February 5, 2026 at 2:09 PM
had to look this up because i was pretty sure there was no Shakespeare play of this name and there isn't: instead today i learned that Shakespeare did a guest verse in a play by some hacks in the early 1590s. you love to see it
BREAKING NEWS: Trump invents the word "equalize" – Alert the dictionary people!
(P.S. Don't tell him it's been around since the 1590s.)
(P.S. Don't tell him it's been around since the 1590s.)
May 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Trump invents the word "equalize" – Alert the dictionary people!
(P.S. Don't tell him it's been around since the 1590s.)
(P.S. Don't tell him it's been around since the 1590s.)
September 13, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Pedro is reading "My Name is Red" by Orhan Pamuk.
It takes us to the 1590s where a Sultan commissions a book to celebrate his life, but when one of the artists involved dies in mysterious circumstances, he wants to find out what happened. - Michael
It takes us to the 1590s where a Sultan commissions a book to celebrate his life, but when one of the artists involved dies in mysterious circumstances, he wants to find out what happened. - Michael
September 28, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Pedro is reading "My Name is Red" by Orhan Pamuk.
It takes us to the 1590s where a Sultan commissions a book to celebrate his life, but when one of the artists involved dies in mysterious circumstances, he wants to find out what happened. - Michael
It takes us to the 1590s where a Sultan commissions a book to celebrate his life, but when one of the artists involved dies in mysterious circumstances, he wants to find out what happened. - Michael
Plate 61: Four Snails. Watercolor by Joris Hoefnagel, c.1575/1590s. National Gallery of Art. 🌿 #MolluscMonday #SciArt
May 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Plate 61: Four Snails. Watercolor by Joris Hoefnagel, c.1575/1590s. National Gallery of Art. 🌿 #MolluscMonday #SciArt
And just look at Joris Hoefnagel's Seven Snails (c.1575/1590s )
#AdoreSnails
www.nga.gov/artworks/698...
#AdoreSnails
www.nga.gov/artworks/698...
July 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
And just look at Joris Hoefnagel's Seven Snails (c.1575/1590s )
#AdoreSnails
www.nga.gov/artworks/698...
#AdoreSnails
www.nga.gov/artworks/698...
“Uncomfortable” appears in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (1590s), among its earliest recorded uses.
#etymology
#etymology
March 24, 2026 at 5:07 PM
“Uncomfortable” appears in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (1590s), among its earliest recorded uses.
#etymology
#etymology
Today I learned that using 'kid' to mean a child dates back to the 1590s, not the 1950s as I would have guessed!
April 29, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Today I learned that using 'kid' to mean a child dates back to the 1590s, not the 1950s as I would have guessed!
Fashionable gowns of the 1590s and early 1600s were often worn open in front to reveal a decorative petticoat or forepart underneath. This is #English, made about 1600, of satin embroidered with silk, silver-gilt thread and spangles. (Victoria & Albert Museum)
January 7, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Fashionable gowns of the 1590s and early 1600s were often worn open in front to reveal a decorative petticoat or forepart underneath. This is #English, made about 1600, of satin embroidered with silk, silver-gilt thread and spangles. (Victoria & Albert Museum)