Dr Philippa Earle
@uncouthswain.bsky.social
Miltonist | Research Associate at Uni of Exeter | occasional teacher | FHEA #ECR #FirstGen
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Maimonides and Milton’s Monistic ‘Mental Sight’
In a recent note (N&Q, 2024), Ayelet Langer helpfully posits Maimonides’s Guide of the Perplexed (c. 1190) as a source for the term ‘mental sight’ in M
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I have queried a recent note and over 300 years of critical consensus, in "Maimonides and Milton's Monistic 'Mental Sight'." #OpenAccess #EarlyModern #AcademicSky
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... I think people would be interested to visit a house in the Circus more than 1 day a year, especially re recent research. The garden has been a lovely free space, full of flowers. Just off Catherine Morland's Jubilee Walk! @bathnes.bsky.social @bathprestrust.bsky.social
Plea to save 'important' Georgian house and garden in Bath - BBC News
Councillors are being urged to save the Georgian Garden over fears that it could be lost.
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December 19, 2025 at 9:23 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... I think people would be interested to visit a house in the Circus more than 1 day a year, especially re recent research. The garden has been a lovely free space, full of flowers. Just off Catherine Morland's Jubilee Walk! @bathnes.bsky.social @bathprestrust.bsky.social
"Most moderns contend that everything emerged out of nothing (out of which nothing, I reckon their own opinion originates!)" #SassyMilton
You see the printed black square from a page in Robert Fludd's "Utriusque cosmi maioris" (1617) that represented the nothingness that was prior to the universe. The square is framed by four sentences in Latin: "Et sic in infinitum" (And so on to infinity). #earlymodern #skystorians
December 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"Most moderns contend that everything emerged out of nothing (out of which nothing, I reckon their own opinion originates!)" #SassyMilton
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Recently digitised - March 1945; at Maymyo in Burma, following the recapture of the town from the occupying Japanese, off-duty British troops dance together, and go swimming in an ornamental lake. #filmcataloguing #history #ww2
Full film: IWM JIN 33 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Full film: IWM JIN 33 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
December 18, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Recently digitised - March 1945; at Maymyo in Burma, following the recapture of the town from the occupying Japanese, off-duty British troops dance together, and go swimming in an ornamental lake. #filmcataloguing #history #ww2
Full film: IWM JIN 33 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Full film: IWM JIN 33 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
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Here's our Assistant Director of Music, Michael Stephens-Jones, using the whip crack (AKA the ‘slap stick’) whilst our Organ Scholar, Michael D’Avanzo, played ‘Sleigh Ride’ on the Cathedral organ up in the Organ Loft. A big thank-you to Rich in our Works Department for making the clapper!
December 18, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Here's our Assistant Director of Music, Michael Stephens-Jones, using the whip crack (AKA the ‘slap stick’) whilst our Organ Scholar, Michael D’Avanzo, played ‘Sleigh Ride’ on the Cathedral organ up in the Organ Loft. A big thank-you to Rich in our Works Department for making the clapper!
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Looking for that perfect News Years Gift for the Nashe Lover in your life? From January, “Thomas Nashe and Literary Performance” will be available in paperback!
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December 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Looking for that perfect News Years Gift for the Nashe Lover in your life? From January, “Thomas Nashe and Literary Performance” will be available in paperback!
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526195524/
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526195524/
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“Many hands make light work” – and many papers make a great conference.
CFP now open for Proverbs & Popular Wisdom in Early Modern Literature and Culture, University of Hull, 1–3 July 2026.
Abstracts due 30 Jan → proverbs@hull.ac.uk
More info: earlymodernproverbs.co.uk/events/confe...
CFP now open for Proverbs & Popular Wisdom in Early Modern Literature and Culture, University of Hull, 1–3 July 2026.
Abstracts due 30 Jan → proverbs@hull.ac.uk
More info: earlymodernproverbs.co.uk/events/confe...
Conference
Proverbs & Popular Wisdom in Early Modern Literature and Culture An international and interdisciplinary conference July 1-3, 2026 University of Hull This conference explores the prevalence, fun…
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December 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
“Many hands make light work” – and many papers make a great conference.
CFP now open for Proverbs & Popular Wisdom in Early Modern Literature and Culture, University of Hull, 1–3 July 2026.
Abstracts due 30 Jan → proverbs@hull.ac.uk
More info: earlymodernproverbs.co.uk/events/confe...
CFP now open for Proverbs & Popular Wisdom in Early Modern Literature and Culture, University of Hull, 1–3 July 2026.
Abstracts due 30 Jan → proverbs@hull.ac.uk
More info: earlymodernproverbs.co.uk/events/confe...
Thinking of the wonderful Milton scholar Neil Forsyth today after news of his passing. An essay of his that stays in my mind is "Of Man's First Dis" (1991). I'll always remember what I learned was characteristic Miltonist commitment, when Neil came to the Exeter symposium... 1/
November 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Thinking of the wonderful Milton scholar Neil Forsyth today after news of his passing. An essay of his that stays in my mind is "Of Man's First Dis" (1991). I'll always remember what I learned was characteristic Miltonist commitment, when Neil came to the Exeter symposium... 1/
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Hundreds, perhaps thousands of the fallen of WWI were buried with epitaphs drawn from Shakespearean. A selection can be found here: www.epitaphsofthegreatwar.com/tag/shakespe...
None more haunting than the inscription for Alfred Dunne (aged 17)
O MONSTROUS WORLD
TO BE DIRECT AND HONEST
IS NOT SAFE
None more haunting than the inscription for Alfred Dunne (aged 17)
O MONSTROUS WORLD
TO BE DIRECT AND HONEST
IS NOT SAFE
Shakespeare
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November 11, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Hundreds, perhaps thousands of the fallen of WWI were buried with epitaphs drawn from Shakespearean. A selection can be found here: www.epitaphsofthegreatwar.com/tag/shakespe...
None more haunting than the inscription for Alfred Dunne (aged 17)
O MONSTROUS WORLD
TO BE DIRECT AND HONEST
IS NOT SAFE
None more haunting than the inscription for Alfred Dunne (aged 17)
O MONSTROUS WORLD
TO BE DIRECT AND HONEST
IS NOT SAFE
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Today is the OFFICIAL publication day for TEXTILE SHAKESPEARE! Please indulge me: I want to say a little (perhaps rather a lot) about it and share my acknowledgements - and a discount code! Appropriately,🧵1/10
November 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Today is the OFFICIAL publication day for TEXTILE SHAKESPEARE! Please indulge me: I want to say a little (perhaps rather a lot) about it and share my acknowledgements - and a discount code! Appropriately,🧵1/10
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November 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Always be recruiting. Always be looking out for the talented, the original thinkers, the ones who do more than talk. Take note of those who create impact regardless of their position, the big successes, the small achievements that signal real ability. Keep an eye on those who develop others 1/
November 4, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Always be recruiting. Always be looking out for the talented, the original thinkers, the ones who do more than talk. Take note of those who create impact regardless of their position, the big successes, the small achievements that signal real ability. Keep an eye on those who develop others 1/
Had an inspiring evening @no1royalcrescent.bsky.social listening to Prof. Kathryn Sutherland on Jane Austen's The Watsons and her creative process. Great discussions, lovely staff, & upstairs, the amazing exhibition, including 2 letters by JA to Frank re their father's death, & The Watsons MS pages!
October 31, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Had an inspiring evening @no1royalcrescent.bsky.social listening to Prof. Kathryn Sutherland on Jane Austen's The Watsons and her creative process. Great discussions, lovely staff, & upstairs, the amazing exhibition, including 2 letters by JA to Frank re their father's death, & The Watsons MS pages!
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I’m a blind Mum and this afternoon I got held hostage in the book corner at nursery stay and play by 5 pre schoolers demanding I read many many books.
Had to do a lot of styling it out saying “oooh what’s happening?” Or “wow who’s on this page!”
I think it only made me more fun 😆
Had to do a lot of styling it out saying “oooh what’s happening?” Or “wow who’s on this page!”
I think it only made me more fun 😆
October 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I’m a blind Mum and this afternoon I got held hostage in the book corner at nursery stay and play by 5 pre schoolers demanding I read many many books.
Had to do a lot of styling it out saying “oooh what’s happening?” Or “wow who’s on this page!”
I think it only made me more fun 😆
Had to do a lot of styling it out saying “oooh what’s happening?” Or “wow who’s on this page!”
I think it only made me more fun 😆
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It’s telling how some male columnists and commentators have reacted to Riot Women as ‘man-hating’ when it’s simply depicting average everyday experiences women have with men all the time. If seeing the world through a woman’s eyes makes you hate men too the I guess you see our problem.
October 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM
It’s telling how some male columnists and commentators have reacted to Riot Women as ‘man-hating’ when it’s simply depicting average everyday experiences women have with men all the time. If seeing the world through a woman’s eyes makes you hate men too the I guess you see our problem.
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Latest lovely volume by Patrick Cheney is now out in the Early Modern Literary Geographies series with Oxford University Press that I am very proud to co edit with Garrett A Sullivan Jr …
October 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Latest lovely volume by Patrick Cheney is now out in the Early Modern Literary Geographies series with Oxford University Press that I am very proud to co edit with Garrett A Sullivan Jr …
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Young Syrian refugees paint murals at Zataari camp Jordan, to overcome trauma and memories of violence #womensart
September 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Young Syrian refugees paint murals at Zataari camp Jordan, to overcome trauma and memories of violence #womensart
And, frankly, amazing.
29 Sept 1634: A masque held at Ludlow Castle #otd - the text was by John Milton (eebo/BM)
September 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
And, frankly, amazing.
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So far we've found Shakespearean epitaphs from 30 plays, 16 sonnets, and 3 of the longer poems. The only plays not on our list?
Taming of the Shrew
Henry VI 1 & 3
Two Gentlemen
Love’s Labours
Merry Wives
Coriolanus
Pericles
Cemetery strollers, let us know if you spot a quote from one of these!
Taming of the Shrew
Henry VI 1 & 3
Two Gentlemen
Love’s Labours
Merry Wives
Coriolanus
Pericles
Cemetery strollers, let us know if you spot a quote from one of these!
September 21, 2025 at 9:48 AM
So far we've found Shakespearean epitaphs from 30 plays, 16 sonnets, and 3 of the longer poems. The only plays not on our list?
Taming of the Shrew
Henry VI 1 & 3
Two Gentlemen
Love’s Labours
Merry Wives
Coriolanus
Pericles
Cemetery strollers, let us know if you spot a quote from one of these!
Taming of the Shrew
Henry VI 1 & 3
Two Gentlemen
Love’s Labours
Merry Wives
Coriolanus
Pericles
Cemetery strollers, let us know if you spot a quote from one of these!
A perfect evening; dinner and The Sixteen's "Angel of Peace" concert at Exeter Cathedral, with one of my angels.
September 21, 2025 at 9:24 AM
A perfect evening; dinner and The Sixteen's "Angel of Peace" concert at Exeter Cathedral, with one of my angels.
I love The Merchant's House, Marlborough. It's the opposite of the drab 17th-century stereotype!
They don't get many visitors, please support them if you can 🙂
They don't get many visitors, please support them if you can 🙂
September 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I love The Merchant's House, Marlborough. It's the opposite of the drab 17th-century stereotype!
They don't get many visitors, please support them if you can 🙂
They don't get many visitors, please support them if you can 🙂
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Blog up on the major take aways from today's results day from @danihpayne.bsky.social and me -
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Results day 2025 – Social Market Foundation analysis - Social Market Foundation.
Results day and university admissions data offers insight into how the HE sector is performing under growing financial and structural pressures.
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August 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Blog up on the major take aways from today's results day from @danihpayne.bsky.social and me -
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