early modern leisure, play/s, culture | books: "What is a Playhouse?"+"Strangeness" + new intro to Shakespeare’s Merry Wives | MCFC⚽️| FSA, FRHistS | he/him | Lecturer at Uni of Southampton https://www.callandavies.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/callanjd.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/callanjd.bsky.social/post/3mwdogvyyg22dA despatch from the reading room (after a summer hiatus) on Shakespeare getting a coat of arms and finding heraldry in the playhouse… https://shakespearestage.substack.com/p/up-in-arms?r=4swkn&utm_medium=ios25 Sep 2026 11:34 +0000at://did:plc:agakm7eiolbg62euickghbk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwdogvyyg22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/callanjd.bsky.social/post/3mvp2mtoa3c2jOff to Toronto today & looking forward to exploring theatre records in the classroom for this celebratory Records of Early English Drama colloquium, marking 50 years of this amazing series! Lots of brilliant speakers lined up, online also available: https://crrs.ca/crrsevents/records-of-early-english-drama-50th-anniversary-colloquium/ @reedproject.bsky.social17 Sep 2026 06:46 +0000at://did:plc:agakm7eiolbg62euickghbk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvp2mtoa3c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/callanjd.bsky.social/post/3mrutft7us226Some positive (!) announcements for UK research and scholarship from @leverhulme.ac.uk [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Jul 2026 16:12 +0000at://did:plc:agakm7eiolbg62euickghbk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrutft7us226https://bsky.app/profile/callanjd.bsky.social/post/3mr35zbbnic2gIn Verona, scene is laid.20 Jul 2026 11:13 +0000at://did:plc:agakm7eiolbg62euickghbk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr35zbbnic2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/callanjd.bsky.social/post/3mqt5vkts222vReflections on a recent trip to Stockholm’s Vasa Museum (showcasing a retrieved 1628 warship that had lain in tact at the bottom of the brackish Baltic sea) and some Shakespearean resonances that came to mind in today’s new post: https://open.substack.com/pub/shakespearestage/p/sunken-ships-shakespeare-and-whale?r=4swkn&utm_medium=ios17 Jul 2026 06:49 +0000at://did:plc:agakm7eiolbg62euickghbk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqt5vkts222vhttps://bsky.app/profile/callanjd.bsky.social/post/3mpjajhvtek2tExeter made me a researcher, and I owe much to colleagues there past and present and so admire their scholarship and broader championship of our field. These cuts are evidently senseless, counterproductive, and cruel. I hope the union, petition, and other pressure… [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Jun 2026 14:45 +0000at://did:plc:agakm7eiolbg62euickghbk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjajhvtek2thttps://bsky.app/profile/callanjd.bsky.social/post/3mpilinm6322jFinally got round to reupholstering our kitchen chairs with thanks to a wedding gift voucher for the material. It was previously clad in my grandma’s 1950s(?) velveteen (with a vaguely sinister hint of the human circulatory system). Now new and geometric and a bit more us.30 Jun 2026 08:28 +0000at://did:plc:agakm7eiolbg62euickghbk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpilinm6322jhttps://bsky.app/profile/callanjd.bsky.social/post/3mpe7xvycz22f5 years of flowering and these geraniums still going strong.28 Jun 2026 14:51 +0000at://did:plc:agakm7eiolbg62euickghbk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpe7xvycz22f