The followup to my broadside, as promised.
New blog post: Proof of (Nashe's) Life
The scholars arrive, followed by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
New post: Shakespeare Yes, Thomas Nashe No
I defend the Thomas Nashe I knew from being erased by a meme that's been given way too much airtime. I brought up the artillery for this one.
https://edevere17.com/2025/06/22/shakespeare-yes-thomas-nashe-no/
#ShakeSpearesBlog #ThomasNashe #NotaPseudonym
#VeroNihilVerius
Old-school tunes today. Never mind that they chopped off the top of my UFH (Ugly French Hat) on the cover image. As if it wasn't bad enough to begin with.
https://mignarda.bandcamp.com/album/my-lord-of-oxenfords-maske-edward-de-vere-and-his-circle
New Post, one of paramount importance (or perhaps not):
De Vere Pudding Update
A question left hanging in my October 2019 pudding post is re-asked, after a recipe I couldn't find then finally came to hand.
Happy Sonnets Day. I had #159 ready to post, but I wrote it when the black dog of melancholy was upon me, and now I think it's a bit too dark for the front page. Some other time perhaps. You can find my other new sonnets by checking the blog's Title Index under S. My old sonnets (melancholic and non) you should be able to find without assistance.
New post: ChAIsing Wild Geese
Tales told by silicon idiots, full of the sound of authority, signifying nothing but a talent for telling tales.
https://edevere17.com/2025/05/01/chaising-wild-geese/
#AI #CaveatInquisitor
#ShakespeareAuthorship #VeroNihilVerius
The 4th Duke of Norfolk's execution warrant, the tangent post to 'Commiserating With Mary'. Part of this reads like the Brave Sir Robin song in Holy Grail. A traitor's death at Tyburn was no fun, though in the end Tom was spared that end.
https://edevere17.com/250412-tangent-his-head-to-be-smitten-off/
#Shakespeare #ShakespeareAuthorship
#Oxfordian #VeroNihilVerius
New (long) post: Commiserating With Mary
How fair Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, came to be the subject of some of my sonnets. It’s not the story you’ve heard. Plus: Tom Howard’s gruesome 1572 execution warrant, transcribed by yours truly.
https://edevere17.com/2025/04/12/commiserating-with-mary/
#Shakespeare #ShakespeareAuthorship
#Sonnets #VeroNihilVerius
New blog post for Boxing Day: The Trivial Box
A box of Shakespeare questions, and a few about Willy. The SBT is behind the box, and I am in front of it, my lance couched for the atteint.
https://edevere17.com/2024/12/26/the-trivial-box/
#Shakespeare #ShakespeareAuthorship
#BoxingDay #VeroNihilVerius
I wrote lyrics at the end of this 2018 post which I *still* have not heard recorded by two someones who can sing them in character for me. Consider this a request for any assistance in finding such a pair of tuneful goons.
Shrew 3: Brush Up Your Oxford
https://edevere17.com/2018/09/13/shrew-3-brush-up-your-oxford/
#Oxfordian #VeroNihilVerius
#Shakespeare #ShakespeareAuthorship
#Musicals
New blog post: in 1560 a Frenchman presented Queen Elizabeth with an illustrated manuscript of strange tales, dedicated to her. She was not amused.
Leechcraft Liposuction
https://edevere17.com/2024/03/07/leechcraft-liposuction/
#Oxfordian #VeroNihilVerius
#Shakespeare #ShakespeareAuthorship
I updated an old poem by Ovid that I first translated when I was a teenager (don’t let Uncle Arthur fool you). It’s at a bunch of Amazons, with links and details in the blog post. So new the ink's still wet.
METAMETAMORPHOSES: The Boys Are Back
https://edevere17.com/2024/01/03/metametamorphoses-the-boys-are-back/
Happy 510th Birthday to Sir Thomas Smith, the brilliant scholar, statesman, diplomat, and educator. It is no exaggeration to say that Shake-Speare would not have existed without him. I will have more to say about Sir Thomas, soon.
Wasn't expecting to have another post ready this year, but these birds were making too much noise, I had to shut them up so I could concentrate. Presumably the last post for 2023. Next year though, stay tuned.
Hawks and Handsaws
An old woodcut shows that there's a lot more going on with hawks and handsaws than Hamlet knowing which is which when the wind is southerly.
https://edevere17.com/2023/11/15/hawks-and-handsaws/
#Hamlet #Hawking
#Oxfordian #VeroNihilVerius
#Shakespeare #ShakespeareAuthorship
In honour of the 400th anniversary of the publication of the First Folio:
First Folio, Almost
Four hundred years ago the First Folio of my collected plays was published. Three years ago I almost got my hands on one. Almost.
I wrote a lot of heptameter as a lad, but not much once I outgrew it. There’s some in the play within the play in MND, if you listen.
Quince’s Hidden Heptameter
https://edevere17.com/2023/06/12/quinces-hidden-heptameter/
#AMidsummerNightsDream #PyramusandThisbe #Ovid #Poetry
#Oxfordian #ShakespeareAuthorship #Shakespeare #VeroNihilVerius
A tale of a fateful trip.
What’s Hecuba to Harold?
https://edevere17.com/2023/05/15/whats-hecuba-to-harold/
#1960s #Television #Hamlet
#ShakespeareAuthorship #Shakespeare #VeroNihilVerius
The First Folio will be 400 years old on the 8th of November, when yellow leaves do hang. To gear up for all the hoopla (which has already begun), I have put up a linked list of my existing FF posts.
https://edevere17.com/2023/04/23/first-folioage/
#FirstFolio #Histodons
#Oxfordian #ShakespeareAuthorship #Shakespeare #VeroNihilVerius
A few lines by an old Roman (originally), relevant for the day. When I was a teenager I spent a lot of time inside this long poem by Ovid. On the blog is a short excerpt from the version I lived with.
I’ve just contributed a story about my friend #WilliamByrd to Byrd Central, a site celebrating his life and music during his 400th anniversary year. You can read the short post on my blog for some background (it has a link to the story), or go straight to the story from here.
(my post)
Byrdsong
https://edevere17.com/2023/02/02/byrdsong/
(the story)
A Goodly Manor For A Song
https://byrdcentral.com/post/earl-of-oxford
#Music #EarlyModern #Byrd400 #Histodons
#Oxfordian #ShakespeareAuthorship #Shakespeare #VeroNihilVerius
