#FolkyFriday Objects of Despair: Mirrors, by Meghan O’Gieblyn theparisreview.org/blog/2019/03/0… A Chinese myth once held that images in the mirror were actually demonic beings who were pretending to be our reflections,while silently plotting our deaths 🎨Charles Allan Gilbert,All is Vanity

I’m thrilled to reveal the stunning cover of my debut novel #NEPHTHYS. Micaela Alcaino has outdone herself in portraying my heroine Clemmie & the blending of Victorian & Ancient Egypt. Sister. Rival. Protector. Preorder your copy now: penguin.co.uk/authors/302051… (Watch with sound)

Some boys dreamed of one day playing at Wembley or the Carnegie Hall; this one had an ambition to publish in Studies in Philology. And here it is! On how to read Cymbeline as a response to Philaster.

Just finished reading the absolute page-turner that is @profjill_burke’s How to be a Renaissance Woman! Not only do I remain shocked at the length of hair-drying towels, but really looking forward to trying a few recipes from the back, especially since the spring roses are out!

I stumbled upon @dnmcinnis's Melbourne map of Shakespeare (melbourneshakespeare.github.io) today... looking forward to hunting down the Shakespeare stained glass at Trinity!🔍

Very pleased to be on Radio 4 In Our Time this morning talking about George Herbert. There’s not much for the general reader about the Latin literary culture of this period, so I’ve put links to a few of my most relevant recent essays below bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Have you ever heard a baby crying in utero? 😭 17th-century midwives, doctors, and parents sometimes did! I'm excited to share my new (open access) article in Cultural and Social History: doi.org/10.1080/147800…

I'm humbled and very touched that Cunning Folk has won this year's Katharine Briggs award from the The Folklore Society - it's hard to express what it means to add my research to the historical canon, but I'm grateful that it's in the world and being read

Wonderful to hear more about @dnmcinnis’ work on lost plays this evening at the StateLibraryVic …I loved the story about the time a comedy - ‘The Wild Goose Chase’ - couldn’t be found!

Six years of Early Modern Female Book Ownership today! 72,500 views, 41,500 visitors, 221 posts by academics, librarians, book owners, and others with the support of libraries, private owners, and booksellers. And much more to come! buff.ly/2REqsPi #HerBook

Centuries ago, many astronomical books included moving parts to help readers interpret the world around them. This biscuit recreates a diagram from Sacrobosco’s ‘De Sphaera’ (c.1550). It could be used to calculate the changing length of daylight hours through the year. 🍪

It’s here! It’s a real book! ✨ Faster than anticipated, copies of IMPOSSIBLE RECOVERY are finding their way into the world. Now available from Columbia University Press - a perfect gift for your Julian-loving friends… Order using code CUP20 for 20% off! cup.columbia.edu/book/impossibl…

Exciting to see this out there in the world meeting its first readers — hope it treats you well, Guy Stagg

New research published by Department for Culture, Media and Sport today shows how arts and cultural activities are good for the nation’s health: theguardian.com/society/2024/d… This is one of the areas I explore in my new book ‘The Arts Dividend: How Investment in Culture Creates Happier Lives’ eandtbooks.com/books/the-arts…

Some exciting book news to round out the year 🎉: signed a contract with Yale for a popular history/"trade book" on the Curtain playhouse (out c. 2028). Provisionally titled "Curtain: The Story of a Shakespearean Playhouse" (+ provisional "blurb"). Resolution of writing for 2025!

It was dizzyingly fun being a part of the VR headset focus groups for this work... well done to Alistair Brown, Mark Childs and James Youdale for this study! 👏tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Delighted that my new article is now available on FirstView with the The Historical Journal! I explore the important role health and the body played in the making of the Pomeranian Art Cabinet. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

We're teaming up with Marlowe Society to create a new series all about performing the plays of #ChristopherMarlowe! We'd love to know who are your favourite performers in & what are your favourite productions of Marlowe's plays.

New book with Palgrave Macmillan just arrived!

📢 JOB OPENINGS! 📢Come work with me at Oxford! As part of my ERC project UNSEEN, I am recruiting a full-time 5-year project admin, two 3-year post-docs and one fully-funded PhD. The first position is already advertised, the others will follow shortly my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…