Meanwhile, over on the Instagrams... I've started making videos (yikes).

Come and wander West Cork with me as we hunt down some delicious early modern ruins to explore.

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Delighted that my article on the exploits of the Martin Marprelate gang is featured in this month's edition of @historytoday.com. Online here: www.historytoday.com/archive/feat... and in the flesh below!

A Bristolian graffito. #RenSoc25

Had a fab time talking about Nashe, Chettle, and their printerly pals at the @srsrensoc.bsky.social conference. Thanks everyone for a gorgeous few days.

Today our show 'with//out' opened as part of RECCE at Spike Island museum. Huge thanks to @dsextonartist.bsky.social, @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social and the curator on the island, Dorota Gubbins. It's up til the end of August - come and see!

Had a great time yesterday with @dsextonartist.bsky.social and Eimear Marley at the @irishmuseums.bsky.social conference in Dublin talking about our project with @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social. Thanks for having us!

Happy St. Val's day. To celebrate, here's a gorgeously bound presentation volume of John Harington's epigrams, which lives in @theulspeccoll.bsky.social (Adv. b.8.1). The name of Harington's wife Mary is hidden in the flowers, tooled in gold.

It amazes me when mist
chloroforms the fields
and wipes out whatever world exists

(Alice Oswald, 'Mist')

The Gloaming.

Hi. I'm Matt. I write about things. Mostly 16thc things. Here are a few of those things:

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