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Four hundred and forty six today…

Lang zal ie leven, lang zal ie leven, lang zal ie leven in de gloria, in de glo-ri-a, in de glo-rii-a! Hiepedepiep-HOERA!

‘and that eternity promised’.

Yes folks today the King of Literature and the English language is 446 today.

To celebrate YLS has started a facebook group. Follow the link and send a request […]

Other Stratfordians…

….here are two replies to reviews of Contested WIll in the Guardian.

Porthos

5 Apr 2010, 8:47PM

Skip the popular biogs – the only motivation any of these writers had (whether defending or challenging Shakespeare’s authorship) was to MAKE MONEY. Shapiro deserves credit for examining the debate itself and not simply picking a […]

Fan-mail of sorts…

…Hello William,

I am Soledad and I last saw you cycling down Overtoom on your way to De Filosoof Hotel to leave me your two CDs with WS’s sonnets.

I’ve spent much of these last 3 weeks driving up and down Spain listening to your wonderful recitation, enjoying every line, amazed at the perfect match […]

Mirror, mirror on the wall…

…Trick of the Tail by Genesis. Brilliant album: a fantasy ride through the world of the squonk and the city of gold, which lies in the deep distance he cried, and wept.

If we see someone unknown to us weeping, natural human sympathy wants to know why. And if we can help.

If we […]

Formalisms…

…whoever loved but not at first sight? whoever wrote but not for themself? whoever thought but not to extend that thought into the world?

How worldly we are in 21stC literary endeavours. Our knowledge informed by myriad sources on a sliding scale from Pre-Christian to Pre-Raphaelite.

Our philosophies shaped by thinkers whose philosophies in […]

Entourage and Elizabethan Public Theatres…

It’s almost become commonplace to say that if Sh were still alive he would be a scriptwriter in Hollywood. Or a DJ.

Despite the hours sucked up by our Will, YLS doesn’t sit around and watch Sh all day. He does watch HBO and is a massive fan of Ari Gold, the agent of […]

Sonnet Globe…

St Paul’s in the background. Willl in the foreground on the Bankside, on the Globe Piazza.

Geo-Humoralism…

…aka classical climate theory: an ancient racialism ingrained in our thinking through the influence of intuitive humoral psychology. Sh’s generation recorded the falling from grace of this particular theory. Nowadays you’ll find it in your horoscope in any newspaper.

Thin body types are secretive, fat types are jovial, medium build types are adventurous.

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Van Gogh’s Letters…

Yesterday I came across this brilliant website based on Van Gogh’s letters. Now i love Vincent as much as our Will, just in a different way. I even have voice-overed Vincent’s Brother Theo in English at the Van Gogh Huis in Zundert. But hey, enough about me…

…well let me tell you a story about […]

Catholic links…

…More and more YLS is leaning toward the Catholic Sh. I’d never heard of this writer before today but will be sure to get his book and peruse. Joseph Pearce is a former skinhead turned Catholic. Regardez his website here.

Add to that the amazing website of shakespeare’s sonnets, while we’re linking, and ‘ave a […]