Lucy Munro

@lucycmunro.bsky.social

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Professional literature geek. Theatre history and weird old plays. Leyton Orient aficionada. Writing a book about the Globe and Blackfriars Playhouses. she/her

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Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · Nov 15

Hello, Bluesky! I've had an account for a bit but haven't posted, so here's a bit of current research. This is the signature of Margaret Brend Zinzan, from a deposition in the Court of Chancery in April 1626 (TNA, C 24/521). (1/3)

An early seventeenth-century signature saying 'margret zinzan'.

Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · 9h

Slightly obsessed with this Christmas ToTP performance by the Flying Pickets, esp. the moment when the snowman singing the lead harmony stares straight at the camera… youtu.be/TmJB8ObOe1k

FLYING PICKETS - ONLY YOU - TOP OF THE POPS - 15TH DEC 1983 (RESTORED)

YouTube video by Paul’s Archive

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Neil Younger @neilayounger.bsky.social · 11h

26 December 1582: As part of Christmas celebrations at Windsor, the children of the Chapel Royal present a play before the queen; apparently it was a comedy called 'A Game of the Cards or 'The Play of the Cards', and John Harington wrote that it ... 1/ #earlymodern

Reposted by Steve Peers, Rosemary A. Joyce, Lucy Munro , and 3 more Steve Peers, Rosemary A. Joyce, Lucy Munro, Jo Barraket, James Connelly, Patrick Stokes

Snow Abby @arobertswrites.com · 22h

You can tell that LotR was written by an academic because Gandalf disappears for like 20 years doing research to answer a single question.

Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · 1d

Very naughty…

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Franglaise @franglaise.bsky.social · 2d

I’m entering The Teenager as potential winner of #Duvetknowitschristmas

He’s had to move from his bedroom to the unconverted attic

Cardboard floor & headboard is a nice touch which I’m sure he appreciates

He think it looks like he’s living in a meth den
#DuvetKnowItsChristmas

Dark attic room with stone walls, cardboard on floor with single mattress & antique coffee table (random)

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J-Lo @oldnorthroad.bsky.social · 3d

Re-upping this for anyone who might be interested - a new way to make sense of the enigma. Largely by saying there’s really no enigma here at all. main--britishartstudies-29.netlify.app/issues/29/qu...

British Art Studies

*British Art Studies* is an innovative space for new peer-reviewed scholarship on all aspects of British art.

main--britishartstudies-29.netlify.app

Reposted by Lesley A. Hall, Rebecca Sear, Lucy Munro , and 1 more Lesley A. Hall, Rebecca Sear, Lucy Munro, Renaud Morieux

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 4d

Not just a national asset but an international asset. Trashed, ignored, diminished.

The worst of times: Trouble at the British Library

Cyber chaos, striking staff and a crisis of leadership. Claudia Cockerell investigates a national treasure’s year of reckoning

www.standard.co.uk

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Dan Rebellato @danrebellato.bsky.social · 4d

Morning everyone. I’ve got a new play on tomorrow (Tuesday) and on @bbcsounds.bsky.social thereafter. It’s about PG Wodehouse’s war and it’s a comic defence of laughter in dark times. BBC Radio 4, 23 Dec, 2.15pm.

Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · 7d

Congratulations!

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The Leyton Orientear @leytonorientear.com · 7d

ORIENTEAR #301 is out tomorrow! From all the usual spots, including online. Lots of stadium related content this time plus a couple of absolutely belting retrospectives. After the 300 spectacular this is a much more folksy effort...

Miss it and miss out #LOFC

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Early Theatre @earlytheatre.bsky.social · 9d

🎄❄️ Greetings, Bluesky!

The release of our forthcoming edition (28.2) is just around the corner this December!

Eager to know what’s inside? Keep an eye on our Skeets in the coming days.

This edition will be completely open access!

#EarlyTheatre #Drama

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Guardian Sport @sport.theguardian.com · 9d

Football has seen a steep rise in reports of sexism – now we can break the cycle | Hollie Varney

If action is taken, the so-called ‘banter’ used to victimise women who take part in the sport will soon diminish After six days in which a former player was held accountable in court for sexist comments and a current manager was charged by the Football Association with using sexist language, are we seeing a change in how that behaviour is tackled? For years, talk of so-called “banter” has been used to silence complaints and it has been a struggle to convince football that sexism and misogyny even exist, but there are signs the sport is finally waking up. Continue reading...

dlvr.it

Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · 10d

Woohoo! Congratulations!

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Pete Paphides @petepaphides.bsky.social · 12d

To hell with modesty.

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 13d

Francisco de Zurbarán Saint Lucy, c. 1625/1630, whose feast day it is, 13 Dec (National Gallery of Art, Washington)

Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · 24d

It has been such an honour to work on Meghan’s book as series editor.

Elizabeth Kolkovich @ezkolkovich.bsky.social · 24d

Attention #EarlyModern and #Shakespeare friends: join me on this Giving Tuesday in donating to an Open Access fund for Meghan C. Andrews’s book. Cancer took Meghan from us in 2023, but her legacy can live on. Share widely!

Donate to Help Publish Meghan's Shakespeare Monograph, organized by Sarah Neville

Shakespeare scholar Meghan C Andrews passed away in 2023, after a valiant… Sarah Neville needs your support for Help Publish Meghan's Shakespeare Monograph

www.gofundme.com

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Elizabeth Kolkovich @ezkolkovich.bsky.social · 24d

Donate to Help Publish Meghan's Shakespeare Monograph, organized by Sarah Neville

Shakespeare scholar Meghan C Andrews passed away in 2023, after a valiant… Sarah Neville needs your support for Help Publish Meghan's Shakespeare Monograph

www.gofundme.com

Reposted by Lesley A. Hall, Lucy Munro, Malcolm MacLean , and 2 more Lesley A. Hall, Lucy Munro, Malcolm MacLean, Margot C. Finn, Katrina Navickas

The London Journal @thelondonjournal.bsky.social · 29d

We are running a free workshop at @tandfresearch.bsky.social's office in South London on 30 January 2026 to support early career scholars in developing their work into a publishable journal article. Expressions of interest due by 16 January. See here for more details (and please share widely!)

thelondonjournal.org

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ProfKFH @profkfh.bsky.social · Nov 19

Friends, if you want to learn a bit more abt The Sweet Taste of Empire, watch this INCREDIBLE conversation with @triciamatthew.bsky.social w.bsky.social, Debapriya Sarkar, Jennifer Morgan, @kwazana.bsky.social & Tapiwa Gambura!
www.youtube.com/live/a-Npxq-...

Then you can buy it at 40% discount.

Kim F. Hall: The Sweet Taste of Empire

YouTube video by Barnard Center for Research on Women

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Pascale Aebischer (she/her) @pascaleexeter.bsky.social · Nov 19

Mary Baldwin University is embarking on drastic cuts of its liberal arts programme and of humanities subjects more generally.

A bad case of mishandled management, and colleagues and students will suffer as a result (including #AmericanShakespeareCenter!)

Sign the petition here: c.org/VmXd75Pf7h

Sign the Petition

Protect MBU's Liberal Arts Legacy

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Nov 18

I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...

The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?

The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity

www.cityam.com

Reposted by Lucy Munro, Margot C. Finn

Neil Younger @neilayounger.bsky.social · Nov 15

15 November 1582: In Mortlake, Dr John Dee is conversing with angels again, along with his scryer Edward Kelley, with whom he has recently reconciled. Dee starts a new record book today, his Quartus Liber Mysteriorum, and they use a 'showstone', or crystal ball. They speak ... 1/
#earlymodern