Remembering Prince today on the 10th anniversary of his passing (April 21, 2016)

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Remembering Prince today on the 10th anniversary of his passing (April 21, 2016) | Explore his musical legacy (including audio & video highlights) here: here: album.ink/PrinceRIP

The latest episode of the @holocaustpod.bsky.social features...me!

Sometimes it snows in April

Careful...Starmer with Gripping Hands!?

Collecting Thomas Kyd: A Conversation with Darren Freebury-Jones Episode 212: For today’s guest episode it is a warm welcome back to the podcast for Darren Freebury Jones. On this occasion Darren is here to discuss Thomas Kyd and…

Collecting Thomas Kyd: A Conversation with Darren Freebury-Jones
#drama #theatre
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I go here here here here here goal.

I'm astonished it's not on the syllabus.

In 2017 I stood at the grave of the 1905 All Blacks captain Dave Gallaher at @cwgc.bsky.social Nine Elms British Cemetery on the centenary of his death at Passchendaele on 4 Oct 1917. Almost a decade later I'm honoured to play a wee role in this new doco on @tvnz.bsky.social 1 at noon on Anzac Day.

Anzac Day

"The first Anzac Day service, held in 1916 at Tinui in Wairarapa... [and Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and every other city and town that mourned losses at Gallipoli.]"

Context and emphasis is everything in history. Lest We Forget.
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Yes. From the chord to the last string, genius

To accompany his new book, Rowan also writes today for the RHS blog on the impact of the Navy and Air Leagues in maintaining militarism in Britain after 1918: bit.ly/3OJ53as

The NHP series is supported by @ihr.bsky.social and @echistsoc.bsky.social. All 26 books are available OA bit.ly/4sBmIyC

Today at sunset begins #YomHashoah, the Jewish commemoration of the Holocaust.

If you are interested in learning more about the Holocaust, there are LOTS of great resources out there.

I might selfishly suggest the @holocaustpod.bsky.social as well. We are up to 76 episodes as of today!

Around this time in 1945 Arnhem was finally liberated. #WW2 #HISTORY (For two contemporary books on Market Garden please visit pre-jump.nl. 😉 A retweet is appreciated.)

I'm not so sure... I mean, have you even heard it's poetry?

ANZAC DAY AT DUNEDIN A gloomy, wet day doesn't discourage large crowds from gathering for an Anzac Day parade in Dunedin. The horse-drawn gun carriage, clad with bouquets of flowers, and accompanying escort is part of the...

110 years ago New Zealanders observed their first Anzac Day throughout the country. Within five years the Returned Soldiers' Association (RSA) had curated a public ritual of remembrance based on the military funerals at the front as seen in this 1921 footage. www.ngataonga.org.nz/search-use-c...

Really made me laugh. Needed that. Thank you.

The Collected Works of Thomas Kyd: Volume Two (Studies in Renaissance Literature) Buy The Collected Works of Thomas Kyd: Volume Two (Studies in Renaissance Literature) by Vickers, Sir Brian, Freebury-Jones, Dr Darren, Dimmock, Matthew, Freebury-Jones, Dr Darren, Giddens, Eugene, Horsley, Dr Adam, Lovascio, Domenico, Owens, Dr Rebekah, Rayfield, Dr Lucy, Starza Smith, Daniel, Vickers, Sir Brian (ISBN: 9781843846956) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

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Described by Brecht as 'a gangster play that would recall certain events familiar to us all', The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui is a witty and savage satire of the rise of Hitler - recast by Brecht into a small-time Chicago gangster's takeover of the city's greengrocery trade. Using a wide range of parody and pastiche - from Al Capone to Shakespeare's Richard III and Goethe's Faust - Brecht's compelling parable continues to have relevance wherever totalitarianism appears today. Written during the Second World War in 1941, the play was one of the Berliner Ensemble's most outstanding box-office successes in 1959, and has continued to attract a succession of major actors, including Leonard Rossiter, Christopher Plummer, Antony Sher and Al Pacino.

"Therefore learn how to see and not to gape.
To act instead of talking all day long.
The world was almost won by such an ape!
The nations put him where his kind belong.
But don’t rejoice too soon at your escape—
The womb he crawled from is still going strong."

--- Bertolt Brecht

My third book will be about exactly this, the liberation of the west of the IJssel River.

The Archives holds a number of Women’s Institute records, ranging from the papers of individual branches to the Gwent Federation. Records include photographs, minutes, and references to quirky competitions such as “best valentine”, “homemade sweets” and “most articles in a handbag."

Shakespeare and Kingship - Darren Freebury-Jones Talk | 1620s House and Garden Darren Freebury-Jones grapples with the big questions Shakespeare raises in his history plays.

"Darren Freebury-Jones reveals why audiences flocked to see plays such as Richard III and Henry V, and explores how Shakespeare navigated tricky political terrain in presenting kingship on stage."

Tomorrow 👇

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Yes! Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics, live at Hay Festival. It’s going to be a blast 💙 Free to drop in (it gets full v quickly), Sat 23rd May, 2:30pm.

If you come for the BBC gigs, you could also catch my Discovery Stage show on the Sunday evening: www.hayfestival.com/p-25255-nata...

Ta-da

Seems like a good time to think about how perpetrators conceive of guilt and the mental gymnastics they do to avoid it!

New episode of the @holocaustpod.bsky.social!

A timely reminder that this book is out this month . . .

“The Anzac legend has shaped Australia’s national identity for more than a century. Yet many experiences of war do not fit comfortably within this.” unsw.press/books/challe... #ChallengingAnzac #Anzac

It is publication day for THE COLLECTED WORKS OF THOMAS KYD: VOLUME TWO. 🥳

I'm immensely proud of this edition and all contributors. This volume provides detailed cases for an expanded Kyd canon, including collaborations with Shakespeare.

Part of it was to observe the American administration's response. To see, if as many have pointed out, whether Hegseth's no quarter strategy also applied to US servicemen as POWs

Fair play. It is a stone cold classic

Muppet Songs: Prince - Starfish and Coffee YouTube video by Muppet Songs

Today in marine invertebrates
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My Women's Prize shortlisted novel A Thousand Ships is on offer! All written by one human.

I know you'll have supported your local bookshops in the first instance. The Kindle edition can be great for people with extra accessibility needs, or who need to travel light and leave their books at home 📱