My new book, Imprisonment in Early Modern England: Politics, Debt and the Origins of a Carceral Society, is (sort of) out now! Currently available online for anyone with institutional access: www.cambridge.org/core/books/i...

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And so it begins: breathing space? 1 Henry IV #ProdigalPrince #SlowShakespeare www.english.cam.ac.uk/research/slo... Here's Richard Coyle as King Henry IV in Player Kings, the 2024 composite version of 1+2 Henry by Rob Icke.

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Giveaway! Would anyone like a Romeo and Juliet jigsaw, by Anna Higgie? 1000 pieces plus guide to the play by me. Repost and I will pick a winner at random on September 22

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Enjoyed chatting with @sbrackenborough.bsky.social in July about my recent chapter on early modern metallic music. Check out the interview and Simon’s other posts on music history here — mosaicoftheair.substack.com/p/a-smithes-...

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Just to say that YES I will be doing another #SlowShakespeare & in the absence of STRENUOUS REPRESENTATIONS to the contrary it'll be 1 Henry IV #ProdigalPrince but we've just got a new faculty website so ALL blogs are *temporarily* inaccessible. Hoping to have them back soon & to start on 1 October!

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