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edelsemple.bsky.social @edelsemple.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Another glimpse at my Introduction to the OWC #Shakespeare #Pericles, this time introducing two of the play’s female characters. Follow along for more and tune into my #OxfordWorldsClassics @engfac.bsky.social webinar with Prof Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social on Tuesday 2 Nov! (1/5)

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edelsemple.bsky.social @edelsemple.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Been looking forward to this all day - @engfac.bsky.social OWC #RichardIII webinar starts soon! Wonder will my favourite Richard (see picture) feature? #shakespeare

Poster for the film Richard III starting Ian McKellen, Annette Benning, and Robert Downey Jnr.

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edelsemple.bsky.social @edelsemple.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Here’s a flavour of my Introduction to the OWC #Shakespeare #Pericles, this time focusing on the play’s sources and genre. Follow along for more and tune into my #OxfordWorldsClassics @engfac.bsky.social webinar with Prof Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social on 2 Nov.! (1/5)

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edelsemple.bsky.social @edelsemple.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

4/4 #Shakespeare #Pericles (Managed to squeeze in a reference to #princessbride - what a film, what a narrator, what storytelling!)

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edelsemple.bsky.social @edelsemple.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

2/4 #Shakespeare #Pericles Point of Info: you can visit John Gower’s tomb in @southwarkcathedral.bsky.social and if you’re lucky, also meet Hodge the cat!

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edelsemple.bsky.social @edelsemple.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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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edelsemple.bsky.social @edelsemple.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Just finished Graham Greene’s The Quiet American (for work), and for fun reading Dead Beat, the latest in Leigh Bardugo’s supernatural #DarkAcademia series! 💙📚 #BookSky

The pale grey cover for “Dead Beat” shows a pale barn owl with its head tilted to one side, and its beak is clasped around the “A” in the word “Dead”. Beneath the author’s name is the declaration “the number one bestselling author”.

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edelsemple.bsky.social @edelsemple.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

1/4 Here’s a flavour of my introduction to the OWC #Shakespeare #Pericles Follow along for more and tune into my #OxfordWorldsClassics @engfac.bsky.social webinar with Prof Emma Smith on 2 November!

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edelsemple.bsky.social @edelsemple.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Thrilled to announce the Oxford World Classics #Pericles was published today! It was a pleasure to write the Introduction for this popular play. I’ll post about it each week until my OWC #Shakespeare webinar with Prof Emma Smith on 2 Nov. 2026!

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edelsemple.bsky.social @edelsemple.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Mask of Shadows. Can’t get enough of this series by Oscar de Muriel about Victorian era detectives in Edinburgh - especially had fun #reading this book as #Shakespeare Macbeth, Bram Stoker, Ellen Terry, & Henry Irving feature! #BookSky 📚💙

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edelsemple.bsky.social @edelsemple.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Shakespeareans! Join me & @kscheil.bsky.social in Atlanta for our @saaupdates.bsky.social seminar on #shakespeare & his family in biofiction and biography. #shax2027 registration deadline is 15 Sept. #hamnet

A call for papers for a seminar at an academic conference (SAA), that includes a description of the seminar and images of Shakespeare and family from biofictions about them.

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edelsemple.bsky.social @edelsemple.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Behold the beauty of the belly! The stripes! The fur! The tiny white paws! Anita hiding from the heatwave in #Ireland this week #cats #caturday#photography

A cat, tabby striped with white belly and paws, lies stretched out napping under bushes.

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edelsemple.bsky.social @edelsemple.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

#Caturday #cats No one will be getting Anita’s nose while she naps!

A tabby cat is curled up in a ball, tail and a leg covering her nose.

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edelsemple.bsky.social @edelsemple.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Foxgloves in the garden this week, and I saw bees and a hummingbird hawk moth nearby. Help the pollinators, and help ourselves! #SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm

A foxglove with fuchsia-pink flowers against a background of green leaves

A pale pink foxglove flower against a blurred background of green leaves

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edelsemple.bsky.social @edelsemple.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

A second day of showcasing research ongoing in @ucc.ie School of English & Digital Humanities - yesterday was the Research Day and today is Bookends, our annual postgraduate conference #ArtsResearch #literature #Bookends #UCCEnglish @uccresearch.bsky.social

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edelsemple.bsky.social @edelsemple.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Reading, and chuckling my way through, Sam Feurbach’s The Gravedigger’s Son and the Waif Girl. #BookSky 📚💙 #reading

This book cover is wine in colour with gilded edges, and the title is in yellow font. The book title incorporates a cross with a raven on it, and beside it a spade with another raven resting on the handle.

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edelsemple.bsky.social @edelsemple.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Beautiful day @ucc.ie Students and staff are out enjoying the campus #Cork #Ireland

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edelsemple.bsky.social @edelsemple.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

#Reading The Salt Line, by Holly Goddard Jones, and because the novel’s “monster” is ticks, I’ve been scratching while reading! 💙📚

The cover of the book THE SALT LINE, in large white font. The image shows a single grey car driving on a straight road surrounded by tall fir trees. The sky on the horizon is orange and yellow.

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edelsemple.bsky.social @edelsemple.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Heh #Shax2026 @saaupdates.bsky.social come along to the “Baz Luhrmann's William Shakespeare's Romeo+Juliet at Thirty” seminar tomorrow morning led by @benbroadribb.bsky.social @gemmaallred.bsky.social & me!

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edelsemple.bsky.social @edelsemple.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

#Caturday Anita took some personal time to visit her roundhouse retreat. Even catnip teddy was denied access! #cats #CatsofBluesky

A one-eyed tabby cat in a cat tower roundhouse.

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edelsemple.bsky.social @edelsemple.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Can’t get enough of the “Slow Horses” series, so now reading the books including “Joe Country” by Mick Herron. 📚 💙

The cover for the book Joe Country shows the clocktower of Big Ben against an orange sunset.

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edelsemple.bsky.social @edelsemple.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Rereading a series by @genevievecogman.bsky.social beginning with The Invisible Library - it’s even better than I remember! 📚 💙

The cover to the book The Invisible Library. It is pale green, with small yellow icons in the corners - a serpent and a lady and a gentleman, and a coach and horses at the bottom.

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edelsemple.bsky.social @edelsemple.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Fire - “That wasn’t a chase, it was a runway!” 😆👏 I just love Unleash! @gladiatorstv.bsky.social #Gladiators #UKGladiators

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edelsemple.bsky.social @edelsemple.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

If you’re heading to see #Hamnet in the cinema, nominated for 8 #Oscars, check out my @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social article about the film, its origins, and the growing trend of #Shakespeare biofiction! #SpeirGorm #SpeirGhorm

A screenshot of the film Hamnet, with the character Agnes in a red dress, laughing, and her husband William, in a blue shirt, sits smiling behind her. The text at the top reads “8 Academy Award nominations” including Best Picture. In the bottom right, there is a tagline quote from the film: “Keep your heart open”. On the bottom left is “FOCUS FEATURES”.

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edelsemple.bsky.social @edelsemple.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Saw this rook elegantly picking at some damp moss in #Cork city today #corvid #IrishBirds #photography

A rook, his feathers various shades of black, faces the camera while standing proudly on a moss-covered stone wall. Behind the bird is a brown river in full flood, some city buildings, and a pale grey sky.

A rook stands on a stone wall pecking, open-beaked, at the bright green moss and mud. Behind the bird is a brown river in full flood, some city buildings, and a pale grey sky.

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edelsemple.bsky.social @edelsemple.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Passed a pigeon-fest in #Cork city today - lovely to see so many #pigeons happily pigeoning on a chilly morning.

A large flock of (feral) pigeons eat seed spread on a lawn.

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edelsemple.bsky.social @edelsemple.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Read Elena Ferrante’s “My Brilliant Friend” for work (supervising a thesis) and by the end I would describe myself as being reluctantly intrigued. Now in the middle of and enjoying much more “The Story Of A New Name” 💙📚 #Booksky #reading

The cover of “The story of a new name” shows a black-and-white photo of a woman on a beach in a 1950s bathing suit. She is raising a scarf over her head which is blowing in the wind. This book is book 2 of the Neapolitan novels trilogy.

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edelsemple.bsky.social @edelsemple.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

#Reading Once Was Willem by M. R. Carey - took me a while to get into the world (medieval fantasy) but story has me hooked now. #BookSky 📚 💙

The cover for ONCE WAS WILLEM is red and black. It is ornate and medieval in style, and includes images of swords, a skull, a pentacle, leaves, a snake, a man’s silhouette etc.

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