Simon Williams

Oh that made me laugh. Needed that today. Thank you.

Also there is this- 27th March Durham, gig in support of the Durham Miners Gala.

This is going to be an epic day of #WW1 history. Follow the links below to see the talks announced so far!

Jungle Love

Salon jams. Morris Day and The Motherfucking Time! 🩷

#musicsky

I am in Oxford on Monday evening giving a talk about SHAKESPEARE'S BORROWED FEATHERS, looking at Elizabethan education; Shakespeare’s role as an actor-playwright; and intersections between his works and those of Christopher Marlowe.

Tickets here:

www.ticketsource.co.uk/oxford-shake....

Giggles and shits?

De La Soul released their debut album ‘3 Feet High and Rising’ 37 years ago on March 3, 1989

album.ink/delasoul3FHAR

Prince Live - Play that funky Music - Hollywood Swinging - Fantastic Voyage 4/28/11 YouTube video by sean d

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky

3/3 -song with play in the lyrics

Play That Funky Music
Originally by Wil Cherry
Amazing live performance by Prince, like only Prince can.

youtu.be/LNrAFb3I2js?...

So what if we control all the oil, is it worth a child dying for?

A medieval dragon for St. David’s Day - decoration from the 15th century chancel screen at Crowland Abbey in Lincolnshire. 📸 My own. #StDavidsDay #CrowlandAbbey

Effective in the desert though, before the inevitable fallout

Except for the lack of explanation as to how they all got where they were, yes

To be fair, that's what I've often thought when watching Babes in the Wood...🤔

Mark Thomas: Work In Progress Tickets | £7 | 6 Mar @ Camden Comedy Club, London | DICE Mark Thomas has worked as a performer for over 40 years. He has stuff on telly and radio which you will remember if you are of a certain age. For the younger...

Hey hey my darlings. Gig alert!

Road testing an hour show over in Camden next Friday.

Tickets -Cheap.

Me- Cheerful

Kick Off - 6pm.

dice.fm/event/mx8adr...

🧵

Countries defeated and regimes changed solely by airpower.

Thread below!

Party poop!

FULL FEATURE: Pétain Goes to War, 1914 Several times recently I’ve been asked “what can I read about Pétain,” be it for a First or Second World War introductory viewpoint.

Next part of my series introducing people to Philippe Pétain in English is up…

A wild and whirling couple of weeks ahead, giving talks on Much Ado About Nothing in Worcestershire; King Lear in Swansea ; Dr Faustus in Stratford-upon-Avon; my book Shakespeare’s Borrowed Feathers in Oxford; and Shakespeare By Numbers in London!

www.ticketsource.co.uk/oxford-shake...

I do wish Marlowe had lived on

It's time to start revealing the details for nearly TWENTY talks available at our online conference on 26th April. You can either pick and choose your favourites, or load up with snacks and settle in for a marathon!

greatwargroup.com/product/online

Cover of book with text in yellow reading: The Firearm Revolution: From Renaissance Italy to the European Empires, overlaid on an image of an angel in seventeenth-century dress with wings and a long gun.

Hello Bluesky! My new book, THE FIREARM REVOLUTION, is out on 14 April. It’s about how a new technology changed society, and how hard it was to control. Here’s a little thread of what’s inside:

Shakespeare’s Borrowed Feathers – with Darren Freebury Jones | TWLF TicketingShakespeare’s Borrowed Feathers – with Darren Freebury Jones | TWLF Ticketing

twlf.ssboxoffice.com/events/shake...

That's me! I'm that man!

Hi folks, after some very hard graft, I've a UK publication date - 2 July 2026 - for Book I of my Second World War Trilogy.

COLLAPSE will publish with @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social. The cover, which I love, is below!!

Details and pre-order here: www.penguin.co.uk/books/316660...

Policy?

They're not upright, nor in step... can't possibly be Grenadiers!

My new book is being launched on 7th March at the Scottish Maritime Museum with a talk and signing.
www.scottishmaritimemuseum.org/event/talk-a...

#HipHopSaturday

#MusicChallenge

#hiphop
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Finished watching Small Prophets yesterday. Cried. Loved it. Genius TV.