Lucy Munro

lucycmunro.bsky.social

28 Oktober 2026 09:52

As a supplement to the piece in The Times Literary Supplement (@thetls.bsky.social), www.the-tls.com/regular-feat..., here’s a (rather long!) thread on Shakespeare’s house in the Blackfriars, what we knew, and what we now know, with some links to key documents. (1/20)

Emrys Jones

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21 Oktober 2026 14:50

Obliging of the Met Office to provide a discussion point in the module on Jane Austen and the environment that I'm currently teaching. Charlotte Brontë thought that there was 'no fresh air, no open country' in Austen's fiction. I reckon Jane was always (secretly) stormy.

ALCS

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21 Oktober 2026 09:22

Today would have been Maureen Duffy's 93rd birthday. We wanted to honour her as a writer and as an activist, in particular all she did for authors' rights, so we devoted an episode of our podcast to her. We'd love it if you could listen and share: https://ow.ly/vxIz50ZYYet

The Observer

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19 Oktober 2026 10:53

‘Big reaction’: why was the ‘most trustworthy’ Faithful banished from Celebrity Traitors? Actor Julie Hesmondhalgh had sealed her fate at breakfast, say experts, while James Acaster is praised for pretending he has not been recruited to the dark side ✍️ Stephen Armstrong https://bit.ly/4s1DM2r

King's English

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15 Oktober 2026 13:02

🎓 'She worked very hard to get into university and was very proud of having gone to King's.' Professor Lawrence Warner pays tribute to @kclalumni.bsky.social Maureen Duffy on a special episode of the @alcs.co.uk Authors' Matters podcast 👇 alcs.buzzsprout.com/536413/episo...