Editor, Early Modernist - formerly MA and half a PhD at the Shakespeare Institute, now with Reading Early Plays https://bsky.app/profile/adambcqx.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/adambcqx.bsky.social/post/3mvalt743z227The first page of The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar ( - followers of @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social may see both an alignment with his most recent book, and echoes from the older #WotD )11 Sep 2026 12:44 +0000at://did:plc:24k7knxe3drox5waa6rsh3ay/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvalt743z227https://bsky.app/profile/adambcqx.bsky.social/post/3mv2zdvxyis2jShelton / Alcaraz still going! 🎾09 Sep 2026 07:30 +0000at://did:plc:24k7knxe3drox5waa6rsh3ay/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv2zdvxyis2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/adambcqx.bsky.social/post/3muptkghcw22jLast night was Tasty White Stew w/ potato & celery. Tonight, Tasty Hayashi Rice w/ aubergine & onion. (I mean, what else are you going to bring back from a day trip to Oxford?)04 Sep 2026 20:47 +0000at://did:plc:24k7knxe3drox5waa6rsh3ay/app.bsky.feed.post/3muptkghcw22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/adambcqx.bsky.social/post/3mumjriwcl22kMuhammad Baqir (Iranian enameller): saucer with astrological decoration, early 1800s. - as seen at @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social yesterday.03 Sep 2026 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:24k7knxe3drox5waa6rsh3ay/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumjriwcl22khttps://bsky.app/profile/adambcqx.bsky.social/post/3mu4xx7terc2y“Poetry is not sexual misconduct.” [feels like this ought to be the first line of a poem*] * in which the original proposition is shown to be somewhat unreliable.28 Aug 2026 08:45 +0000at://did:plc:24k7knxe3drox5waa6rsh3ay/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu4xx7terc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/adambcqx.bsky.social/post/3mu3mjeqvbk2mSo … avoid Armenia if you want to keep your arm, I guess - according to the Rudimentum Noviciorum, 1475. (as seen in @worcestercathedral.bsky.social today).27 Aug 2026 19:48 +0000at://did:plc:24k7knxe3drox5waa6rsh3ay/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3mjeqvbk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/adambcqx.bsky.social/post/3mu2muhh6mk2xCoffee and rain; above, the live feed from New Road. 🏏 🌧️ No play likely for a while, i think, but keeping an eye on it from here. (May need more coffee.)27 Aug 2026 10:22 +0000at://did:plc:24k7knxe3drox5waa6rsh3ay/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2muhh6mk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/adambcqx.bsky.social/post/3mtyoppfcp22wRIP #TimCurry https://youtu.be/92VIGmODacI?is=zYLSJWN9s5mOAM4126 Aug 2026 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:24k7knxe3drox5waa6rsh3ay/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyoppfcp22whttps://bsky.app/profile/adambcqx.bsky.social/post/3mtmlzklgh22xWell now it’s really chucking it down - ☔️ 🌧️ 🌧️ !21 Aug 2026 20:29 +0000at://did:plc:24k7knxe3drox5waa6rsh3ay/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmlzklgh22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/adambcqx.bsky.social/post/3mtlqtk6ag22xMeanwhile, in local news …21 Aug 2026 12:23 +0000at://did:plc:24k7knxe3drox5waa6rsh3ay/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlqtk6ag22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/adambcqx.bsky.social/post/3mtgkwrk2s22k#Rain stops play at Headingley 🏏🌧️ Typical English weather!19 Aug 2026 10:54 +0000at://did:plc:24k7knxe3drox5waa6rsh3ay/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgkwrk2s22khttps://bsky.app/profile/adambcqx.bsky.social/post/3mtfcxfm3oc2vThat sound you hear is rain - rain - on a metal roof in Worcester tonight. 🔊 🔊 🌧️18 Aug 2026 22:58 +0000at://did:plc:24k7knxe3drox5waa6rsh3ay/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtfcxfm3oc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/adambcqx.bsky.social/post/3mt2qnuoouk24Well that was loud! #SevereAlert14 Aug 2026 18:04 +0000at://did:plc:24k7knxe3drox5waa6rsh3ay/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2qnuoouk24https://bsky.app/profile/adambcqx.bsky.social/post/3msxth4fsqc2gPeaking in the West Midlands now, apparently. 🫠☀️13 Aug 2026 14:16 +0000at://did:plc:24k7knxe3drox5waa6rsh3ay/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxth4fsqc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/adambcqx.bsky.social/post/3msvqscszlk2zThe building opposite has a peaked structure on its uppermost floor, where the penthouse apartment has an excessively high ceiling. This is now concealing the #eclipse. Damn you, rich people!12 Aug 2026 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:24k7knxe3drox5waa6rsh3ay/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvqscszlk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/adambcqx.bsky.social/post/3msvpbwposc2zIf, like me, you’re using Eclipse Glasses that you bought from the Vape Shop, let’s all meet up at the Eye Hospital tomorrow morning. (* insert plot device from Day Of The Triffids where appropriate). 🌞🕶️ #eclipse12 Aug 2026 17:56 +0000at://did:plc:24k7knxe3drox5waa6rsh3ay/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvpbwposc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/adambcqx.bsky.social/post/3msjd2i2sac2i“The portrait’s coming along nicely, Dorian …”07 Aug 2026 19:45 +0000at://did:plc:24k7knxe3drox5waa6rsh3ay/app.bsky.feed.post/3msjd2i2sac2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/adambcqx.bsky.social/post/3msiar5bq5k26Portrait of a woman by JUSTUS SUSTERMANS (1597-1681); early 1630s; seen this week at @holburnemuseumbath.bsky.social07 Aug 2026 09:32 +0000at://did:plc:24k7knxe3drox5waa6rsh3ay/app.bsky.feed.post/3msiar5bq5k26https://bsky.app/profile/adambcqx.bsky.social/post/3msatohx4kc2pLES JARDINS by Jacques Delille. (1813) refers to Kew Gardens as “Kiouw” both in a note and in the main text, here translated by Google, which substitutes the Queen’s “rule” for “her empire” though the latter is probably more apposite.04 Aug 2026 10:49 +0000at://did:plc:24k7knxe3drox5waa6rsh3ay/app.bsky.feed.post/3msatohx4kc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/adambcqx.bsky.social/post/3ms3mph7yic2o“He went on, remembering his classroom notes from an introduction to Elizabethan drama …” The Quiet American (1958) with Michael Redgrave & Audie Murphy #ShakespeareSunday 🔊🔊🎬02 Aug 2026 09:01 +0000at://did:plc:24k7knxe3drox5waa6rsh3ay/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms3mph7yic2o