#veronihilverius — Public Fediverse posts
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New blog post with a new poem.
Sonnet 159: Morbidity
A sonnet about facing the shadow that takes centre stage as one's hour of strutting and fretting nears its end.
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New blog post with a new poem.
Sonnet 159: Morbidity
A sonnet about facing the shadow that takes centre stage as one's hour of strutting and fretting nears its end.
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The followup to my broadside, as promised.
New blog post: Proof of (Nashe's) Life
The scholars arrive, followed by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
https://edevere17.com/2025/07/03/proof-of-nashes-life/
#ShakeSpearesblog #ThomasNashe #NotaPseudonym #VeroNihilVerius
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The followup to my broadside, as promised.
New blog post: Proof of (Nashe's) Life
The scholars arrive, followed by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
https://edevere17.com/2025/07/03/proof-of-nashes-life/
#ShakeSpearesblog #ThomasNashe #NotaPseudonym #VeroNihilVerius
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 -
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 -
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
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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 -
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/
#Ovid #poetry #classics #ShakespeareAuthorship #Shakespeare #Oxfordian #VeroNihilVerius
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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/
#Ovid #poetry #classics #ShakespeareAuthorship #Shakespeare #Oxfordian #VeroNihilVerius
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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.
#ShakespeareAuthorship #OTD #Histodons #VeroNihilVerius #Oxfordian
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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.
#ShakespeareAuthorship #OTD #Histodons #VeroNihilVerius #Oxfordian
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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 -
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.
https://edevere17.com/2023/11/08/first-folio-almost/
#FirstFolio400 #Shakespeare #ShakespeareAuthorship #VeroNihilVerius
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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.
https://edevere17.com/2023/11/08/first-folio-almost/
#FirstFolio400 #Shakespeare #ShakespeareAuthorship #VeroNihilVerius
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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 -
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 -
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 -
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.
https://edevere17.com/2023/03/15/caesar-shall-forth/
#IdesofMarch #Ovid #Poetry #Metamorphoses #Histodons #OTD #Oxfordian #ShakespeareAuthorship #VeroNihilVerius
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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.
https://edevere17.com/2023/03/15/caesar-shall-forth/
#IdesofMarch #Ovid #Poetry #Metamorphoses #Histodons #OTD #Oxfordian #ShakespeareAuthorship #VeroNihilVerius
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Jane Grey Dudley lost her head on this date in 1554.
On this date in Fifty-Four
Jane Grey’s head fell to the floor
Husband’s head had fallen first
While Jane her scaffold speech rehearsed(poem continues at the link, it doesn't fit here)
Twelfth Day of February
https://edevere17.com/2020/02/12/poem-twelfth-day-of-february/#LadyJaneGrey #NineDaysQueen #Histodons #Poetry
#Oxfordian #ShakespeareAuthorship #Shakespeare #VeroNihilVerius -
Jane Grey Dudley lost her head on this date in 1554.
On this date in Fifty-Four
Jane Grey’s head fell to the floor
Husband’s head had fallen first
While Jane her scaffold speech rehearsed(poem continues at the link, it doesn't fit here)
Twelfth Day of February
https://edevere17.com/2020/02/12/poem-twelfth-day-of-february/#LadyJaneGrey #NineDaysQueen #Histodons #Poetry
#Oxfordian #ShakespeareAuthorship #Shakespeare #VeroNihilVerius -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Watched a spaghetti Western last night, from 1968. In Italian, English subs. It has worn several titles, the original being Quella Sporca Storia nel West, That Dirty Story in the West, which does not indicate the plot. Something that does indicate the plot (such as it is) is the name of the big house where the hero’s mother and new stepfather live: Ranch El Señor.
#Cinema #Movies #Western #1960s #Italian
#Shakespeare #VeroNihilVerius -
Watched a spaghetti Western last night, from 1968. In Italian, English subs. It has worn several titles, the original being Quella Sporca Storia nel West, That Dirty Story in the West, which does not indicate the plot. Something that does indicate the plot (such as it is) is the name of the big house where the hero’s mother and new stepfather live: Ranch El Señor.
#Cinema #Movies #Western #1960s #Italian
#Shakespeare #VeroNihilVerius -
I took a Christmas Day break from my big project and ended up scribbling this instead.
Limerick 21: Rhetorical Question, 1170
https://edevere17.com/2022/12/29/limerick-21-rhetorical-question-1170/
Thomas Becket met his grisly end on 29 December 1170, because blokes with swords couldn't tell when the boss was venting. (Or was he?)
#Limerick #Poetry #History #Becket
#Oxfordian #ShakespeareAuthorship #Shakespeare #VeroNihilVerius -
I took a Christmas Day break from my big project and ended up scribbling this instead.
Limerick 21: Rhetorical Question, 1170
https://edevere17.com/2022/12/29/limerick-21-rhetorical-question-1170/
Thomas Becket met his grisly end on 29 December 1170, because blokes with swords couldn't tell when the boss was venting. (Or was he?)
#Limerick #Poetry #History #Becket
#Oxfordian #ShakespeareAuthorship #Shakespeare #VeroNihilVerius -
I took a Christmas Day break from my big project and ended up scribbling this instead.
Limerick 21: Rhetorical Question, 1170
https://edevere17.com/2022/12/29/limerick-21-rhetorical-question-1170/
Thomas Becket met his grisly end on 29 December 1170, because blokes with swords couldn't tell when the boss was venting. (Or was he?)
#Limerick #Poetry #History #Becket
#Oxfordian #ShakespeareAuthorship #Shakespeare #VeroNihilVerius -
Working long hours on an offline project that leaves little time for engaging with the Fediverse. The archives will have to do for short-term content. Such as (to be read with extra irony given my family history):
A king who was once known as Dickon
Was the scapegoat the Tudors would pick on
He was made out to be
Such a villain you see
That to this day the tag does still stick on#Limerick #Poetry #RichardIII
#Oxfordian #ShakespeareAuthorship #Shakespeare #VeroNihilVerius -
Working long hours on an offline project that leaves little time for engaging with the Fediverse. The archives will have to do for short-term content. Such as (to be read with extra irony given my family history):
A king who was once known as Dickon
Was the scapegoat the Tudors would pick on
He was made out to be
Such a villain you see
That to this day the tag does still stick on#Limerick #Poetry #RichardIII
#Oxfordian #ShakespeareAuthorship #Shakespeare #VeroNihilVerius -
Working long hours on an offline project that leaves little time for engaging with the Fediverse. The archives will have to do for short-term content. Such as (to be read with extra irony given my family history):
A king who was once known as Dickon
Was the scapegoat the Tudors would pick on
He was made out to be
Such a villain you see
That to this day the tag does still stick on#Limerick #Poetry #RichardIII
#Oxfordian #ShakespeareAuthorship #Shakespeare #VeroNihilVerius -
New post on the blog. I might suggest chilled prosecco to go with. Buon venerdì! 🍾
https://edevere17.com/2022/12/02/italy-in-shake-speares-footsteps/
Italy in Shake-Speare's Footsteps
Rose Loughlin explores my 1575 trip to Italy in this exclusive excerpt from her solo stage show. The photos aren't mine, I didn't take any.
#ShakespeareAuthorship #Shakespeare #Oxfordian #VeroNihilVerius #Italy #Venice
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New post on the blog. I might suggest chilled prosecco to go with. Buon venerdì! 🍾
https://edevere17.com/2022/12/02/italy-in-shake-speares-footsteps/
Italy in Shake-Speare's Footsteps
Rose Loughlin explores my 1575 trip to Italy in this exclusive excerpt from her solo stage show. The photos aren't mine, I didn't take any.
#ShakespeareAuthorship #Shakespeare #Oxfordian #VeroNihilVerius #Italy #Venice
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New post on the blog. I might suggest chilled prosecco to go with. Buon venerdì! 🍾
https://edevere17.com/2022/12/02/italy-in-shake-speares-footsteps/
#ShakespeareAuthorship #Shakespeare #Oxfordian #VeroNihilVerius #Italy #Venice
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I was an ex-poet in 1623 when the First Folio of my plays was published. It needed some corrections, and Jonson rewrote his preface.
#Oxfordian #ShakespeareAuthorship #FirstFolio #Shakespeare #VeroNihilVerius
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I was an ex-poet in 1623 when the First Folio of my plays was published. It needed some corrections, and Jonson rewrote his preface.
#Oxfordian #ShakespeareAuthorship #FirstFolio #Shakespeare #VeroNihilVerius
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I was an ex-poet in 1623 when the First Folio of my plays was published. It needed some corrections, and Jonson rewrote his preface.
#Oxfordian #ShakespeareAuthorship #FirstFolio #Shakespeare #VeroNihilVerius
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I was an ex-poet in 1623 when the First Folio of my plays was published. It needed some corrections, and Jonson rewrote his preface.
#Oxfordian #ShakespeareAuthorship #FirstFolio #Shakespeare #VeroNihilVerius