I like keeping my Twitter professional not personal but looking at my latest tax summary is just too much. Defence got 4.5% of my tax, Environment just 1.3%..... Oh, and Culture got 1.2%. Dear government, please sort out your priorities.

Alfred Harbage on the Globe in 1941: “The years have sifted into dust the Globe and all who gathered there; no scholarly effort nor feat of the imagination can reverse that ancient process.” If only he knew!

OTD 1588, The Misfortunes of Arthur was performed before Elizabeth I at Greenwich. Watch our recording of this fascinating play here thedolphinsback.com/arthur.html it’s free to access and showcases the wonderful work The Dolphin's Back James Wallace is at @jameswallace.bsky.social!

Our next seminar this Thursday is Dr Amanda McVitty, FRHistS talking about male bonding and masculine misrule at the premodern Inns of Court. Online Thurs 3 March at 17.30 (GMT). See mappinginns.wordpress.com/events/seminar… and email [email protected] for link!

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For all those who, like me, have always wondered why Saffron Walden is so called theguardian.com/culture/2022/a…

We made a podcast! History, true crime, and wacky anecdotes combine as we try our damndest to discover who poisoned who some 300 years ago. Check out Who hath dunnit? available via Apple, Spotify, Stitcher etc. Sophie Shorland anchor.fm/whohathdunnit

Episode 2 of Who Hath Dunnit? the podcast where history meets true crime is out now! If you want to spice up the seventeenth century, this is the place to do it! Sophie Shorland and I certainly had fun making it! anchor.fm/whohathdunnit/…

A poetic taster of what you can discover in our new podcast, Who Hath Dunnit? open.spotify.com/episode/64Dxzg…

5 suspects. 1 cup of poisoned hot chocolate. 400 year cold case - find out more in Who Hath Dunnit? youtu.be/PEAoR3k11rU via YouTube

OTD 1665 Pepys wrote about Elizabeth's Malet's abduction by the Earl of Rochester: she 'was at Charing-cross seized on by both horse and foot-men and forcibly taken'. Find out more about this fascinating woman in Who Hath Dunnit? Link in bio! Sophie Shorland

Saw this production last night. Truly excellent. I wept! I even laughed. What a strong cast. Thank you!

Emotionally preparing myself for another rehearsal of intensely moving music Thomas Tallis Society this evening. Our concert of music for remembrance is this Saturday in Greenwich thomas-tallis-society.org.uk bring your friends and your tissues!

You’ve never seen so much brass in one place! V excited for concert later

Singing in the concert Thomas Tallis Society last weekend was such a joy. Thank you everyone who came, who organised, who played, who sang, who conducted so brilliantly! I feel very lucky to have been part of this musical magic.

New job. New project. I'm looking for sources that show Victorian views on education for the working classes, for and against. Any 19th century nerds out there who can help?