Aliki Chapple
@commonmugwort.bsky.social
Literary translator, actor, early modern drama enthusiast.
Luddite geek. Greek. Truth, justice, and the comics. Mostly in Athens.
(@amaenad from Twitter but more chill)
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Luddite geek. Greek. Truth, justice, and the comics. Mostly in Athens.
(@amaenad from Twitter but more chill)
All photos licensed CC BY-SA 4.0
More on: https://pixelfed.social/CommonMugwort
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Aliki Chapple
@commonmugwort.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Hello theatre pals, and everyone. It’s nice to see you here.
I live in Athens now, and I’ve been taking a lot of pictures, relearning my way around the old place.
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I live in Athens now, and I’ve been taking a lot of pictures, relearning my way around the old place.
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I know there are more important things to be worked up about than a lot of people being a bit silly about a great actor delivering a speech, but it’s really horrible thinking about the other things, and even worse posting about them, so I’ll stick to Early Modern plays, food, and photography.
February 5, 2026 at 5:31 PM
I know there are more important things to be worked up about than a lot of people being a bit silly about a great actor delivering a speech, but it’s really horrible thinking about the other things, and even worse posting about them, so I’ll stick to Early Modern plays, food, and photography.
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February 5, 2026 at 7:34 AM
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Look, I’m no expert, but I have read hundreds of renaissance dramas aloud the last few years (in the company of actual experts) and neither the “glorious bard’s timeless empathy for migrants” nor the “Shakespeare blesses talentless hacks‘ mediocre work by contributing some verse” takes are accurate.
February 5, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Look, I’m no expert, but I have read hundreds of renaissance dramas aloud the last few years (in the company of actual experts) and neither the “glorious bard’s timeless empathy for migrants” nor the “Shakespeare blesses talentless hacks‘ mediocre work by contributing some verse” takes are accurate.
This seems like an opportune day to mention Beyond Shakespeare's upcoming (April 12 th) exploration of The Book of Sir Thomas More, which is the play *that* speech about immigration comes from.
I’ve read it three times in the last year, and it may not be doing what you think it’s doing.
I’ve read it three times in the last year, and it may not be doing what you think it’s doing.
🎉The show will be an epic deep dive into The Book of Sir Thomas More, with an introduction & a full script-in-hand live audio recording of the text.
🎟️Pre-sales were very healthy, so there really aren't many available - book now to avoid missing out. www.ticketsource.co.uk/beyondshakes...
🎟️Pre-sales were very healthy, so there really aren't many available - book now to avoid missing out. www.ticketsource.co.uk/beyondshakes...
www.ticketsource.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 1:35 PM
This seems like an opportune day to mention Beyond Shakespeare's upcoming (April 12 th) exploration of The Book of Sir Thomas More, which is the play *that* speech about immigration comes from.
I’ve read it three times in the last year, and it may not be doing what you think it’s doing.
I’ve read it three times in the last year, and it may not be doing what you think it’s doing.
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I see people are getting all excited about 'that' speech from The Booke of Sir Thomas More, the authorship of which - in the context of a VERY complicated collaborative source text - is by no means proven to be by Shakespeare. Despite how desperate generations of Shakespeareans have been to claim it
February 5, 2026 at 10:23 AM
I see people are getting all excited about 'that' speech from The Booke of Sir Thomas More, the authorship of which - in the context of a VERY complicated collaborative source text - is by no means proven to be by Shakespeare. Despite how desperate generations of Shakespeareans have been to claim it
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… Fabien Muller, Sabine Huebner, and the American Academy in Rome. Thanks for reading. And omg look at Roberto Lugo’s works 🏺 . www.instagram.com/p/DFqMBEMul-...
February 5, 2026 at 1:00 PM
… Fabien Muller, Sabine Huebner, and the American Academy in Rome. Thanks for reading. And omg look at Roberto Lugo’s works 🏺 . www.instagram.com/p/DFqMBEMul-...
Comics nerds, please consider buying some of Tess’s beautiful work so she and Chris can keep a roof over their heads:
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February 5, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Comics nerds, please consider buying some of Tess’s beautiful work so she and Chris can keep a roof over their heads:
Infrastructure, baby.
The project for a unified bike lane along the Athens Riviera, triumphantly announced by the PM in 2021, was supposed to have been delivered in 2025. Almost five years on, only some sections are close to completion, and the project is now expected in 2027.
www.ekathimerini.com/in-depth/129...
www.ekathimerini.com/in-depth/129...
Bike lane for Athens Riviera pushed back to 2027 | eKathimerini.com
Four-and-a-half-years after Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced plans to construct a new 18-kilometer coastal bicycle lane linking the southern Athens suburbs of Neo Faliro to Voula by Septem...
www.ekathimerini.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Infrastructure, baby.
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I didn’t share any of the progress on this one, but turns out I was right. It was a big pain to sculpt, but dang, I’m happy with it.
February 5, 2026 at 6:25 AM
I didn’t share any of the progress on this one, but turns out I was right. It was a big pain to sculpt, but dang, I’m happy with it.
February 5, 2026 at 7:34 AM
I have said it before and I will say it again. A three generation global moratorium on men running for office or being hired for top jobs would do us a great deal of good.
February 5, 2026 at 7:16 AM
I have said it before and I will say it again. A three generation global moratorium on men running for office or being hired for top jobs would do us a great deal of good.
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Utterly baffled to learn that the American film Blackhawk Down (2001) used a Breton-language (France) traditional ballad for their racist, revisionist drama about US soldiers in Somalia.
Have a listen because Denez Prigent and Lisa Gerrard are exquisite here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjLX...
Have a listen because Denez Prigent and Lisa Gerrard are exquisite here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjLX...
February 5, 2026 at 6:25 AM
Utterly baffled to learn that the American film Blackhawk Down (2001) used a Breton-language (France) traditional ballad for their racist, revisionist drama about US soldiers in Somalia.
Have a listen because Denez Prigent and Lisa Gerrard are exquisite here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjLX...
Have a listen because Denez Prigent and Lisa Gerrard are exquisite here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjLX...
Infrastructure, baby: τι έγινε στις 4 Ιανουαρίoυ (διαβάστε δωρεάν το άρθρο στο @insidestory.gr: 🎁🔗)
Εναέριος χώρος το 2026 με μηχανήματα του 1999 insidestory.gr/article/enae...
Εναέριος χώρος το 2026 με μηχανήματα του 1999 insidestory.gr/article/enae...
Εναέριος χώρος το 2026 με μηχανήματα του 1999
Το μπλακ άουτ των επικοινωνιών στις 4 Ιανουαρίου 2026 δεν ήταν κεραυνός εν αιθρία. Το προσωπικό της Υπηρεσίας Πολιτικής Αεροπορίας τα είχε πει στους υπουργούς στη Βουλή και στη διοίκηση του οργανισμού...
insidestory.gr
February 5, 2026 at 6:28 AM
Infrastructure, baby: τι έγινε στις 4 Ιανουαρίoυ (διαβάστε δωρεάν το άρθρο στο @insidestory.gr: 🎁🔗)
Εναέριος χώρος το 2026 με μηχανήματα του 1999 insidestory.gr/article/enae...
Εναέριος χώρος το 2026 με μηχανήματα του 1999 insidestory.gr/article/enae...
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“Did they grow up under a rock??”
Yes. And the rock was probably put there on purpose by men who wanted uneducated people to control.
This is why we don’t leave any state or county or town behind. Nobody deserves to grow up under a rock. Especially one they would never have the power to move.
Yes. And the rock was probably put there on purpose by men who wanted uneducated people to control.
This is why we don’t leave any state or county or town behind. Nobody deserves to grow up under a rock. Especially one they would never have the power to move.
February 4, 2026 at 1:07 PM
“Did they grow up under a rock??”
Yes. And the rock was probably put there on purpose by men who wanted uneducated people to control.
This is why we don’t leave any state or county or town behind. Nobody deserves to grow up under a rock. Especially one they would never have the power to move.
Yes. And the rock was probably put there on purpose by men who wanted uneducated people to control.
This is why we don’t leave any state or county or town behind. Nobody deserves to grow up under a rock. Especially one they would never have the power to move.
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February 4, 2026 at 7:08 AM
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Read. This. Thread! 👇🏾✊🏾
I've told this story on ContrabandCamp but it's worth sharing for BHM because it's one of the greatest stories ever.
A thread.
A thread.
February 4, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Read. This. Thread! 👇🏾✊🏾
Thinking about how the Second World War was won because every other political alignment agreed to all fight fascism no matter how they felt about each other’s ideologies and wondering if that would have worked if social media had been around at the time.
February 4, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Thinking about how the Second World War was won because every other political alignment agreed to all fight fascism no matter how they felt about each other’s ideologies and wondering if that would have worked if social media had been around at the time.
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The only route to accepting Mandelson or Andrew's "silly me!" version of events, is to believe that they only ever exhanged sensitive information or access in exhange for cash or favours or sex to one man, and by sheer dint of bad luck it was the one man on Earth whose emails everyone gets to read.
February 4, 2026 at 12:54 PM
The only route to accepting Mandelson or Andrew's "silly me!" version of events, is to believe that they only ever exhanged sensitive information or access in exhange for cash or favours or sex to one man, and by sheer dint of bad luck it was the one man on Earth whose emails everyone gets to read.
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February 4, 2026 at 8:18 AM
I have been doing the discourse.
My apologies.
It’s because I’m procrastinating.
Please forgive me. I will stop now.
Want another photograph?
My apologies.
It’s because I’m procrastinating.
Please forgive me. I will stop now.
Want another photograph?
February 4, 2026 at 8:13 AM
I have been doing the discourse.
My apologies.
It’s because I’m procrastinating.
Please forgive me. I will stop now.
Want another photograph?
My apologies.
It’s because I’m procrastinating.
Please forgive me. I will stop now.
Want another photograph?
Knock me over with a feather.
The Greek coast guard has laid the blame for Tuesday’s deadly colission between a patrol vessel and a migrant boat off the island of Chios, in which at least 15 people were killed and dozens more injured, squarely on the operator of the migrant boat. www.ekathimerini.com/news/1294310...
Coast guard blames migrant boat operator for deadly collision off Chios | eKathimerini.com
The Greek coast guard has issued a statement on the late Tuesday’s incident off the island of Chios, in which at least 15 people were killed and dozens more injured, blaming the operator of the migran...
www.ekathimerini.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Knock me over with a feather.
February 4, 2026 at 7:08 AM
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Greece pushes to recruit tens of thousands more #migrant workers
Aware that its drive for foreign workers will play badly with some supporters, the government is simultaneously penalizing migrants who entered #Greece illegally and humanitarian work
www.politico.eu/article/gree...
Aware that its drive for foreign workers will play badly with some supporters, the government is simultaneously penalizing migrants who entered #Greece illegally and humanitarian work
www.politico.eu/article/gree...
Greece pushes to recruit tens of thousands more Asian migrant workers
Aware that its drive for foreign workers will play badly with some supporters, the government is simultaneously penalizing migrants who entered Greece illegally.
www.politico.eu
February 4, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Greece pushes to recruit tens of thousands more #migrant workers
Aware that its drive for foreign workers will play badly with some supporters, the government is simultaneously penalizing migrants who entered #Greece illegally and humanitarian work
www.politico.eu/article/gree...
Aware that its drive for foreign workers will play badly with some supporters, the government is simultaneously penalizing migrants who entered #Greece illegally and humanitarian work
www.politico.eu/article/gree...
”Shut up, woman. Smile. You should make more of an effort to please me.”
This is what abusive creeps always say.
This is what abusive creeps always say.
February 4, 2026 at 6:58 AM
”Shut up, woman. Smile. You should make more of an effort to please me.”
This is what abusive creeps always say.
This is what abusive creeps always say.