Global Blake
@globalblake.bsky.social
An international network of scholars working on William Blake and all aspects of his poetry and art. Established in January 2022.
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Posts by @urthonaunbound
Join us this Saturday, 28 June, at 12 noon BST to hear Angus Whitehead talk about the “bad” follower of William Blake, Frederick Tatham.
The event is free and you can register at globalblake.com/global-blake-events.
The event is free and you can register at globalblake.com/global-blake-events.
June 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Join us this Saturday, 28 June, at 12 noon BST to hear Angus Whitehead talk about the “bad” follower of William Blake, Frederick Tatham.
The event is free and you can register at globalblake.com/global-blake-events.
The event is free and you can register at globalblake.com/global-blake-events.
Matthew Leporati will need joining us in conversation on 2 June to discuss similarities and tensions between Blake and Nietzsche.
Register at:
globalblake.com/global-blake-events
Register at:
globalblake.com/global-blake-events
May 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Matthew Leporati will need joining us in conversation on 2 June to discuss similarities and tensions between Blake and Nietzsche.
Register at:
globalblake.com/global-blake-events
Register at:
globalblake.com/global-blake-events
Barry Miles talks to Camila Oliveira about his experience recording Allen Ginsberg sing William Blake. See the whole interview at tinyurl.com/zoavision
May 21, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Barry Miles talks to Camila Oliveira about his experience recording Allen Ginsberg sing William Blake. See the whole interview at tinyurl.com/zoavision
We’ve been a bit lax on social media recently but will start posting more. Please check out our YouTube channel (Zoavision) as well as TikTok (Zoavision) and Instagram (Global Blake).
May 19, 2025 at 11:34 AM
We’ve been a bit lax on social media recently but will start posting more. Please check out our YouTube channel (Zoavision) as well as TikTok (Zoavision) and Instagram (Global Blake).
Our latest talk from the Global Blake network is now live on the Zoavision YouTube channel. Annalise Volpone discusses motifs of pregnancy and the mind in Blake’s work.
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Annalise Volpone on Imagination and the pregnant mind in William Blake’s cosmogony
YouTube video by Zoavision
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May 6, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Our latest talk from the Global Blake network is now live on the Zoavision YouTube channel. Annalise Volpone discusses motifs of pregnancy and the mind in Blake’s work.
youtu.be/0I_Lglu8Cf8?...
youtu.be/0I_Lglu8Cf8?...
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On 26th Feb I will give a (free online) talk for @blakesociety.bsky.social in which I will re-examine the importance of Urizen in Blake's mythological structure.
For more details see: blakesociety.org/product/uriz...
For more details see: blakesociety.org/product/uriz...
The Urizen Cycle - The Blake Society
Annise Rogers discusses Blake's character Urizen, and and proposes 'The Urizen Cycle' as a way of understanding his mythological system.
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February 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
On 26th Feb I will give a (free online) talk for @blakesociety.bsky.social in which I will re-examine the importance of Urizen in Blake's mythological structure.
For more details see: blakesociety.org/product/uriz...
For more details see: blakesociety.org/product/uriz...
Our Newsletter has gone out to all our subscribers. It includes info on the Spring/Summer 'In Conversation' series, our latest podcast and a brilliant review by @jodielmarley.bsky.social.
If you would like to subscribe to our monthly Newsletter please go to: globalblake.com/newsletter/
If you would like to subscribe to our monthly Newsletter please go to: globalblake.com/newsletter/
January 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Our Newsletter has gone out to all our subscribers. It includes info on the Spring/Summer 'In Conversation' series, our latest podcast and a brilliant review by @jodielmarley.bsky.social.
If you would like to subscribe to our monthly Newsletter please go to: globalblake.com/newsletter/
If you would like to subscribe to our monthly Newsletter please go to: globalblake.com/newsletter/
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My review of David Worrall's latest book, Blake's Visions, has just been published on @globalblake.bsky.social. Link below!
The book is a rich contribution to both Blake studies & Romantic medical humanities.
globalblake.com/william-blak...
The book is a rich contribution to both Blake studies & Romantic medical humanities.
globalblake.com/william-blak...
Review: WILLIAM BLAKE'S VISIONS: ART, HALLUCINATIONS, SYNAESTHESIA by David Worrall - Global Blake Network
This book examines whether Blake's 'visions'—visual, auditory, and visual hallucinations—actually derive from several types of synaesthesia. Blake is a celebrated 'visionary,' and yet his ‘visions’ ha...
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January 16, 2025 at 11:24 AM
My review of David Worrall's latest book, Blake's Visions, has just been published on @globalblake.bsky.social. Link below!
The book is a rich contribution to both Blake studies & Romantic medical humanities.
globalblake.com/william-blak...
The book is a rich contribution to both Blake studies & Romantic medical humanities.
globalblake.com/william-blak...
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The video version of our Blake & Yeats @globalblake.bsky.social podcast episode, including helpful visuals with art, diagrams, & persons of interest for reference, & our faces (!) is now on YouTube 💫
tysm @jasonpaulwhittaker.bsky.social for a wonderful conversation!
youtu.be/aIvNSOg9JyQ?...
tysm @jasonpaulwhittaker.bsky.social for a wonderful conversation!
youtu.be/aIvNSOg9JyQ?...
Yeats, Blake and mysticism
YouTube video by Zoavision
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January 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The video version of our Blake & Yeats @globalblake.bsky.social podcast episode, including helpful visuals with art, diagrams, & persons of interest for reference, & our faces (!) is now on YouTube 💫
tysm @jasonpaulwhittaker.bsky.social for a wonderful conversation!
youtu.be/aIvNSOg9JyQ?...
tysm @jasonpaulwhittaker.bsky.social for a wonderful conversation!
youtu.be/aIvNSOg9JyQ?...
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Live today: the latest episode of Visionary with @jodielmarley.bsky.social on Yeats, Blake and mysticism is now available via Spotify, Amazon and Apple, or on the @globalblake.bsky.social web site, globalblake.com/podcasts/.
Listen now at open.spotify.com/episode/3iIi...
Listen now at open.spotify.com/episode/3iIi...
Yeats, Blake and Mysticism
Visionary: How William Blake Changed the World · Episode
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January 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Live today: the latest episode of Visionary with @jodielmarley.bsky.social on Yeats, Blake and mysticism is now available via Spotify, Amazon and Apple, or on the @globalblake.bsky.social web site, globalblake.com/podcasts/.
Listen now at open.spotify.com/episode/3iIi...
Listen now at open.spotify.com/episode/3iIi...
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my podcast episode with @jasonpaulwhittaker.bsky.social & @globalblake.bsky.social on Blake and Yeats is out now! Link below for a fantastic conversation 🌠
we covered Yeats' Blake edition, the "Irish Blake" myth, Blake & the occult, both authors' use of systems, Blakean Yeats poems, & so much more
we covered Yeats' Blake edition, the "Irish Blake" myth, Blake & the occult, both authors' use of systems, Blakean Yeats poems, & so much more
Live today: the latest episode of Visionary with @jodielmarley.bsky.social on Yeats, Blake and mysticism is now available via Spotify, Amazon and Apple, or on the @globalblake.bsky.social web site, globalblake.com/podcasts/.
Listen now at open.spotify.com/episode/3iIi...
Listen now at open.spotify.com/episode/3iIi...
Yeats, Blake and Mysticism
Visionary: How William Blake Changed the World · Episode
open.spotify.com
January 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
my podcast episode with @jasonpaulwhittaker.bsky.social & @globalblake.bsky.social on Blake and Yeats is out now! Link below for a fantastic conversation 🌠
we covered Yeats' Blake edition, the "Irish Blake" myth, Blake & the occult, both authors' use of systems, Blakean Yeats poems, & so much more
we covered Yeats' Blake edition, the "Irish Blake" myth, Blake & the occult, both authors' use of systems, Blakean Yeats poems, & so much more
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recorded a fantastic conversation with Prof Jason Whittaker on the @globalblake.bsky.social podcast today. Our episode on Yeats, Blake and systems is coming later this month 👀
December 2, 2024 at 4:51 PM
recorded a fantastic conversation with Prof Jason Whittaker on the @globalblake.bsky.social podcast today. Our episode on Yeats, Blake and systems is coming later this month 👀
Please join us this upcoming Monday (2 December), for a talk by William Rubel who will consider some of the many readings of Blake's 'The Fly'.
The talk is FREE via Zoom and starts at 7pm UK time. You can find details, including a registration link, at:
globalblake.com/events/
The talk is FREE via Zoom and starts at 7pm UK time. You can find details, including a registration link, at:
globalblake.com/events/
November 29, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Please join us this upcoming Monday (2 December), for a talk by William Rubel who will consider some of the many readings of Blake's 'The Fly'.
The talk is FREE via Zoom and starts at 7pm UK time. You can find details, including a registration link, at:
globalblake.com/events/
The talk is FREE via Zoom and starts at 7pm UK time. You can find details, including a registration link, at:
globalblake.com/events/
Happy 267th birthday to William Blake, who himself wrote:
'Born 28 Novr 1757 in London & has died several times since'!
'Born 28 Novr 1757 in London & has died several times since'!
November 28, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Happy 267th birthday to William Blake, who himself wrote:
'Born 28 Novr 1757 in London & has died several times since'!
'Born 28 Novr 1757 in London & has died several times since'!
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Happy 267th birthday to our favourite poet/artist/printer/visionary William Blake!
Join us on zoom this evening for the launch party of issue 5 of VALA, the Journal of the Blake Society.
Register here blakesociety.org/product/blak... and head to blakesociety.org/vala/ to download the new issue 🎉🎈🎂
Join us on zoom this evening for the launch party of issue 5 of VALA, the Journal of the Blake Society.
Register here blakesociety.org/product/blak... and head to blakesociety.org/vala/ to download the new issue 🎉🎈🎂
November 28, 2024 at 7:22 AM
Happy 267th birthday to our favourite poet/artist/printer/visionary William Blake!
Join us on zoom this evening for the launch party of issue 5 of VALA, the Journal of the Blake Society.
Register here blakesociety.org/product/blak... and head to blakesociety.org/vala/ to download the new issue 🎉🎈🎂
Join us on zoom this evening for the launch party of issue 5 of VALA, the Journal of the Blake Society.
Register here blakesociety.org/product/blak... and head to blakesociety.org/vala/ to download the new issue 🎉🎈🎂
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Going to see Bob Dylan this evening at the Albert Hall!
He's likely to sing two Blakean songs:
'Every Grain of Sand'
&
'I Contain Multitudes'
in which he proclaims 'I sing songs of Experience, like William Blake'
Here's me on Blake & Dylan @globalblake.bsky.social
youtu.be/v5kohJ-Cugg?...
He's likely to sing two Blakean songs:
'Every Grain of Sand'
&
'I Contain Multitudes'
in which he proclaims 'I sing songs of Experience, like William Blake'
Here's me on Blake & Dylan @globalblake.bsky.social
youtu.be/v5kohJ-Cugg?...
Luke Walker on Bob Dylan and William Blake
YouTube video by Zoavision
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November 12, 2024 at 7:41 AM
Going to see Bob Dylan this evening at the Albert Hall!
He's likely to sing two Blakean songs:
'Every Grain of Sand'
&
'I Contain Multitudes'
in which he proclaims 'I sing songs of Experience, like William Blake'
Here's me on Blake & Dylan @globalblake.bsky.social
youtu.be/v5kohJ-Cugg?...
He's likely to sing two Blakean songs:
'Every Grain of Sand'
&
'I Contain Multitudes'
in which he proclaims 'I sing songs of Experience, like William Blake'
Here's me on Blake & Dylan @globalblake.bsky.social
youtu.be/v5kohJ-Cugg?...
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review copy of David Worrall's latest is here & it's sprawling & vibrant
my review for @globalblake.bsky.social is coming in January 👀
my review for @globalblake.bsky.social is coming in January 👀
November 5, 2024 at 6:06 PM
review copy of David Worrall's latest is here & it's sprawling & vibrant
my review for @globalblake.bsky.social is coming in January 👀
my review for @globalblake.bsky.social is coming in January 👀
Join us for 'Musical Afterlives', a FREE one-day, online symposium exploring musical settings of Blake's poetry & his inspiration on classical & popular artists.
Date: 4 November (10.30-18.30, UK Time)
Keynote: Barry Miles
To register & for more info please go to: globalblake.com/symposium-mu...
Date: 4 November (10.30-18.30, UK Time)
Keynote: Barry Miles
To register & for more info please go to: globalblake.com/symposium-mu...
October 27, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Join us for 'Musical Afterlives', a FREE one-day, online symposium exploring musical settings of Blake's poetry & his inspiration on classical & popular artists.
Date: 4 November (10.30-18.30, UK Time)
Keynote: Barry Miles
To register & for more info please go to: globalblake.com/symposium-mu...
Date: 4 November (10.30-18.30, UK Time)
Keynote: Barry Miles
To register & for more info please go to: globalblake.com/symposium-mu...
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Giving a talk tonight on Blake and Milton's 'Samson Agonistes' with @globalblake.bsky.social titled '‘thy young hands tore human limbs, and gorged human flesh!’: 'Poetical Sketches' and Blake’s development of Samson'.
If you fancy joining us please visit: globalblake.com/events
#Blake #Milton
If you fancy joining us please visit: globalblake.com/events
#Blake #Milton
June 10, 2024 at 11:30 AM
Giving a talk tonight on Blake and Milton's 'Samson Agonistes' with @globalblake.bsky.social titled '‘thy young hands tore human limbs, and gorged human flesh!’: 'Poetical Sketches' and Blake’s development of Samson'.
If you fancy joining us please visit: globalblake.com/events
#Blake #Milton
If you fancy joining us please visit: globalblake.com/events
#Blake #Milton
Our next 'In Conversation' talk is on Monday.
See below to register for this free online event.
See below to register for this free online event.
Our next In Conversation talk is on 13 May: @rogerwhitson.bsky.social discusses Blake, visionary physics and Donald Ault. This is followed by our last talk of the Spring series: @urthonaunbound.bsky.social explores ways in which Milton’s Samson Agonistes influenced Blake.
globalblake.com/events/
globalblake.com/events/
May 8, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Our next 'In Conversation' talk is on Monday.
See below to register for this free online event.
See below to register for this free online event.
Our next In Conversation talk is on 13 May: @rogerwhitson.bsky.social discusses Blake, visionary physics and Donald Ault. This is followed by our last talk of the Spring series: @urthonaunbound.bsky.social explores ways in which Milton’s Samson Agonistes influenced Blake.
globalblake.com/events/
globalblake.com/events/
April 25, 2024 at 6:55 AM
Our next In Conversation talk is on 13 May: @rogerwhitson.bsky.social discusses Blake, visionary physics and Donald Ault. This is followed by our last talk of the Spring series: @urthonaunbound.bsky.social explores ways in which Milton’s Samson Agonistes influenced Blake.
globalblake.com/events/
globalblake.com/events/
Your reminder that Jason Whittaker will be talking about William Blake's inspiration for Alasdair Gray's art and his novel Lanark tomorrow evening, Monday 8 April, at 19.00 BST.
Head over to globalblake.com/events to register.
#Blake #AlasdairGray
Head over to globalblake.com/events to register.
#Blake #AlasdairGray
April 7, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Your reminder that Jason Whittaker will be talking about William Blake's inspiration for Alasdair Gray's art and his novel Lanark tomorrow evening, Monday 8 April, at 19.00 BST.
Head over to globalblake.com/events to register.
#Blake #AlasdairGray
Head over to globalblake.com/events to register.
#Blake #AlasdairGray
Next Online Talk:
Global Blake: In Conversation with Jason Whittaker, discussing the influence of William Blake on Alasdair Gray, author of 'Lanark' and the recent movie hit, 'Poor Things'.
April 8th, 7pm (UK Time)
Register at globalblake.com/events
#Blake #AlasdairGray #Lanark #PoorThings
Global Blake: In Conversation with Jason Whittaker, discussing the influence of William Blake on Alasdair Gray, author of 'Lanark' and the recent movie hit, 'Poor Things'.
April 8th, 7pm (UK Time)
Register at globalblake.com/events
#Blake #AlasdairGray #Lanark #PoorThings
March 19, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Next Online Talk:
Global Blake: In Conversation with Jason Whittaker, discussing the influence of William Blake on Alasdair Gray, author of 'Lanark' and the recent movie hit, 'Poor Things'.
April 8th, 7pm (UK Time)
Register at globalblake.com/events
#Blake #AlasdairGray #Lanark #PoorThings
Global Blake: In Conversation with Jason Whittaker, discussing the influence of William Blake on Alasdair Gray, author of 'Lanark' and the recent movie hit, 'Poor Things'.
April 8th, 7pm (UK Time)
Register at globalblake.com/events
#Blake #AlasdairGray #Lanark #PoorThings
Our latest newsletter has just gone out, with details about our upcoming talks, reviews, podcast, as well as other events and publications linked to Blake.
To receive our monthly newsletter please subscribe at: globalblake.com/newsletter/
To receive our monthly newsletter please subscribe at: globalblake.com/newsletter/
March 18, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Our latest newsletter has just gone out, with details about our upcoming talks, reviews, podcast, as well as other events and publications linked to Blake.
To receive our monthly newsletter please subscribe at: globalblake.com/newsletter/
To receive our monthly newsletter please subscribe at: globalblake.com/newsletter/
Our podcast on Blake and Tolkien’s mythology and their use of British tales and legends has gone live at www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uFY...
Many thanks to Jason Whittaker, @sharonchoe.bsky.social and @willsherwood.bsky.social for making this happen!
#Blake #Tolkien #JRRTolkien
Many thanks to Jason Whittaker, @sharonchoe.bsky.social and @willsherwood.bsky.social for making this happen!
#Blake #Tolkien #JRRTolkien
March 8, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Our podcast on Blake and Tolkien’s mythology and their use of British tales and legends has gone live at www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uFY...
Many thanks to Jason Whittaker, @sharonchoe.bsky.social and @willsherwood.bsky.social for making this happen!
#Blake #Tolkien #JRRTolkien
Many thanks to Jason Whittaker, @sharonchoe.bsky.social and @willsherwood.bsky.social for making this happen!
#Blake #Tolkien #JRRTolkien