Dr Oliver Doyle @oliverdoyle.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Tim's just released a short monograph on representations of music outside europe in 15th century Italy - 'The Khuan;s Pifferi' 010
Dr Oliver Doyle @oliverdoyle.bsky.social · 29/07/2026We're at the #edinburghfringe next month with our programme of gorgeous, largely forgotten arias from 1650's Venice, using two of @friendsofstcecilia.bsky.social ORIGINAL 16th and 17th century harpsichords! Tickets via the @edfringe.bsky.social website: www.edfringe.com/tickets/what... 041
Reposted by Dr Oliver DoyleFriends of Friendless Churches @friendlesschurches.bsky.social · 25/06/2026The quaint Tuxlith Chapel in West Sussex stood derelict for many decades before we stepped in and rescued it in the 1970s. 1/15 📷 Interior before repair works - circa 1973 (See thread for after images) 16813
Dr Oliver Doyle @oliverdoyle.bsky.social · 17/06/2026@musicaantica.bsky.social 's next concert coming up on Saturday - lovely music, and only £2-£10 a ticket (though almost sold out)! 010
Dr Oliver Doyle @oliverdoyle.bsky.social · 07/03/2026www.musicaantica.org.uk/guidonian-ha...musicaantica.org.ukWorkshop: The Guidonian Hand, with Sophia Mücke & Oliver DoyleLearn how to use the Guidonian Hand, and how it can help us better understand music from the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Early Baroque. 010
Dr Oliver Doyle @oliverdoyle.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Looking forward to our Guidonian Hand workshop next week! Learn how to use it, and why it's important when singing and studying music fom 1200-1700. Tickets in 1st comment! #se16 #earlymusic 140
Dr Oliver Doyle @oliverdoyle.bsky.social · 21/02/2026That's a wrap on our February tour - next stop: the album launch! #baroque #earlymusic #se16 #rotherhithe 010
Dr Oliver Doyle @oliverdoyle.bsky.social · 31/01/2026We start touring a beautiful programme of rarely-heard (and unheard since 1650s) music from Venice in just over two weeks. If you're near Oxford, Durham, Sheffield or London, take a look at our website! #sheffield #durham #oxford #opera #earlymusic 042
Dr Oliver Doyle @oliverdoyle.bsky.social · 17/01/2026And we're live! A tour of music from 17th century Venice and four programmes of beautiful music by Rameau, Binchois, Purcell, Strozzi, Bembo & the Caccini sisters make up Musica Antica Rotherhithe's 10th anniversary season. Tickets via our website! #se16 #rotherhithe #earlymusic #classicalmusic 082
Dr Oliver Doyle @oliverdoyle.bsky.social · 05/09/2025I always had better luck near Surrey Docks Farm (everything from a Tiberius denari to a 12th c. spear, but that said I’ve not been for a few years now! 220
Reposted by Dr Oliver DoyleMusica Antica Rotherhithe @musicaantica.bsky.social · 29/08/2025Flyers ready and out for delivery! A Banchieri comedy and some lovely madrigals by Monteverdi, Marenzio and Casualana next month - tickets via our website! #earlymusic #concert #renaissance #se16 #rotherhithe 011
Dr Oliver Doyle @oliverdoyle.bsky.social · 24/08/2025My worst bits in a shitstorm so far are William in England (and what Duke travels to a coronation with only two blokes in attendance) and Count Baldwin living in a tent city and presenting a daytime cookery show while agreeing to shelter William even though he never lost control of Normandy 120
Dr Oliver Doyle @oliverdoyle.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Gorgeous 17th century house going to ruin on the Three Peaks trail today. Original glass in the windows?? 020
Reposted by Dr Oliver DoyleProf Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Do not forget Gaza. Do not forget Anas Al-Sharif. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... 212047
Reposted by Dr Oliver DoyleDr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 07/08/2025The brilliant @lmbd1418.bsky.social has suggested people write to the Home Secretary Yvette Cooper re: my case. If you could spare five minutes, she's created a draft letter which you can use to send to coopery@parliament.uk. I appreciate everyone's support. ❤️ docs.google.com/document/d/1...docs.google.comSupport Dr Lindsey FitzharrisPlease use the below text as a template to email the Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper at coopery@parliament.uk in support of Dr Lindsey Fitzharris in her fight against the appalling decision to restrict ... 59233135
Dr Oliver Doyle @oliverdoyle.bsky.social · 06/08/2025And it’s live! We read every book published in Italy in 1501 looking for references to music, and this is the first volume on what we found. Thanks to @sheffielduni.bsky.social and @leverhulme.ac.uk, it’s free to read, though you can buy hard copies too www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...openbookpublishers.comSounding the Bookshelf 1501: Music in a Year of Italian Printed BooksThis volume explores how everyday texts in Renaissance Italy engaged with music, sound, and hearing. Of the 358 known editions printed in 1501, only a few contained formal music notation or specialist... 042
Reposted by Dr Oliver DoyleMusica Secreta @musicasecreta.bsky.social · 30/07/2025And it's Week 5 in our crowdfunder! Donations are slowly coming in but we would love it if you would share, share, share! This week's history lesson is on how nuns had fun, with lovely video spots from Kristiina Watt, Victoria Couper, Yvonne Eddy, and Elspeth Piggott. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fhQ...youtube.comCrowdfunder 5: Nuns have fun!YouTube video by MusicaSecreta 147
Dr Oliver Doyle @oliverdoyle.bsky.social · 29/07/2025Yes avoid like the plague in this case! Lots of people enjoyed it but my partner read the books and wasn’t impressed 020
Dr Oliver Doyle @oliverdoyle.bsky.social · 29/07/2025We watched it as a friend played Brother Guy, but we thought it was a lesson in how not to tread the line between authenticity and accessibility… the depiction of monastic life really poor on all fronts (the scene with the choir was pretty painful to watch) and the whole thing lacking in atmosphere 120
Reposted by Dr Oliver DoyleProf Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 21/07/2025When I pointed out King’s will lose 90% of its AHRC student-led places under the new scheme, I got piled on by the AHRC Chair claiming I was wrong and scaremongering. It wasn’t quite 90%. This year King’s students got 27 AHRC student-led scholarships. Next year they’re giving us 3. So 89% then. 4257101
Dr Oliver Doyle @oliverdoyle.bsky.social · 19/07/2025Ridiculous new toy given what I actually need is a new harpsichord, but very grateful to Glenn Braun, who makes instruments that are usually wholly unaffordable accessible - in this case a lira da braccio, one of the go-to instruments for self-accompanied singing in the 15th century! 020
Dr Oliver Doyle @oliverdoyle.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Circe leaves the room when she hears most music, but apparently loves ars nova keyboard intabulations 130
Reposted by Dr Oliver DoyleProf Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 17/07/2025The Israeli government and the IDF are, categorically, committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Go ahead: arrest me. 16013
Dr Oliver Doyle @oliverdoyle.bsky.social · 17/07/2025The concentration in Southern Germany/Austria/Switzerland/Northern Italy is interesting! 020
Dr Oliver Doyle @oliverdoyle.bsky.social · 11/07/2025My colleagues say Swiss Transfer is the way to go now - still free, no sign in requirements and a higher filesize limit! 110
Reposted by Dr Oliver DoyleIrene Wise @irenejuliawise.bsky.social · 10/07/2025Prince William made £22.9M last year. But he won’t say how much tax he paid. What is he trying to hide? We fund the monarchy, so the least we deserve is transparency. ✍️ Sign the petition if you agree: 184
Reposted by Dr Oliver DoylePatrick Allies @patrickallies.bsky.social · 10/07/2025Ripieno Choir, based near Esher, is recruiting a choral scholar for 25-26. Deadline tomorrow! Looking for Tenor, Baritone or Bass aged 18-30. Sunday night rehearsals and termly concerts. £1200 stipend. ripienochoir.org.uk/join-us/choral-scholarship/ 041
Dr Oliver Doyle @oliverdoyle.bsky.social · 08/07/2025That might be because I’m writing about Renaissance gender bias 020
Reposted by Dr Oliver DoyleSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Reform has lost 11 councillors and 2 MPs in a matter of months… and when I say ‘lost’ I mean, they’ve quit following rows, impropriety or inability to do their jobs. So, if Brexit weren’t proof enough, then this barrelling shitshow should confirm forever that they should be nowhere near govt. 15134871155
Reposted by Dr Oliver DoyleColin Boyle @colinboyle.bsky.social · 06/07/2025Another day, another war crime. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...theguardian.comIsraeli strikes kill at least 38 in Gaza as ceasefire talks reach critical pointBenjamin Netanyahu travels to Washington as momentum gathers in negotiations for a US-sponsored deal 001
Dr Oliver Doyle @oliverdoyle.bsky.social · 06/07/2025We’re already knee-deep in sources for ornamentation and continuo realisation! We’re all challenging our approaches to Historical Performance with this album, and can’t wait to share our work from this Autumn! 171
Dr Oliver Doyle @oliverdoyle.bsky.social · 05/07/2025So glad you enjoyed it! We’ve a lovely French baroque programme which the department are giving in November 210
Dr Oliver Doyle @oliverdoyle.bsky.social · 04/07/2025So sad to miss your sessions and Monday night! Till I can get an institution I’m on the ‘bus in and out on the same day cos I can’t afford to stay’ shiz 110
Dr Oliver Doyle @oliverdoyle.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Not looking forward to the bus journey from London tomorrow! 110
Dr Oliver Doyle @oliverdoyle.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Among many the bizzarre (some terrifying) questions people apparently needed answers to in 1474: ‘why it is better to have a thick neck than a thin one’. 020
Reposted by Dr Oliver DoyleMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 24/06/2025'AI-generated reviews often suffer from five key weaknesses. They rely on vague...language. They misrepresent the paper’s scope....They flag issues that have already been addressed. They exhibit inconsistent or contradictory logic. And they lack the...nuance of a thoughtful human reviewer.' 1/2timeshighereducation.comMy paper was probably reviewed by AI – and that’s a serious problemOur paper was rejected on the basis of reviewer comments that were vague, formulaic, often irrelevant and occasionally inaccurate, says Seongjin Hong 14013
Dr Oliver Doyle @oliverdoyle.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Currently enjoying that it can’t really manage incunabula let alone handwritten material either 010
Dr Oliver Doyle @oliverdoyle.bsky.social · 17/06/2025I regularly double-take modern maps when I see that Poland and Lithuania no longer stretch to the Black Sea 0110
Dr Oliver Doyle @oliverdoyle.bsky.social · 16/06/2025The result of years of work building an accessible, affordable concert series, without feeling the need to stick to ‘the canon’ of Bach and Handel to draw an audience. 061
Dr Oliver Doyle @oliverdoyle.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Huascar gets crushed by a rock (ball of paper) 140
Dr Oliver Doyle @oliverdoyle.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Loads of fun (and a completely full house) doing Rameau’s Les Incas Du Perou with @musicaantica.bsky.social on Saturday. Can’t be many trios in western music that manage to get in a love duet, rage aria and erupting volcano all at once! #se16 #earlymusic 4104
Dr Oliver Doyle @oliverdoyle.bsky.social · 16/03/2025How they have a license is beyond me. They’ve also apparently told their congregation they can’t take communion with members of our CofE church, despite also calling themselves CofE 100
Dr Oliver Doyle @oliverdoyle.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Stopped to have a chat with a lady handing out postcards for a new church on the way to play the organ this morning. Asking her about it, it transpired that this should actually read ‘A church for people who believe women shouldn’t be in any position of authority, anywhere, ever’. 280
Reposted by Dr Oliver DoyleProf. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Broadbent Career Development Fellow in American History Since 1600 University of Oxford #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DME724/b...jobs.ac.ukBroadbent Career Development Fellow in American History Since 1600 at University of OxfordAn opportunity for an academic position as a Broadbent Career Development Fellow in American History Since 1600 is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job open... 0610