Michael_Bully
@treason61.bsky.social
Live in Worthing, West Sussex, England. Researching the #Gunpowderplot. Runs a 17th century related blog https://aburntship.blogspot.com/ .
Appreciate Ambient, Dark Ambient, Folk, Jazz,some Classical .music, Fortean Times reader .Anglican church goer.
Appreciate Ambient, Dark Ambient, Folk, Jazz,some Classical .music, Fortean Times reader .Anglican church goer.
Tracy Borman lists the possible successors to Elizabeth in 1603, useful guide #Elizabeth, #JamesI,#JamesVI, #Jacobean,
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Who Really Deserved the Throne After Elizabeth I?
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December 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Tracy Borman lists the possible successors to Elizabeth in 1603, useful guide #Elizabeth, #JamesI,#JamesVI, #Jacobean,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnrM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnrM...
Have written up some thoughts about Ben Jonson's play Sejanus, set during the reign of Emperor Tiberius. Rarely performed and time it was staged again. #17thcenturyliterature, #JamesVI, #JamesI, #Benjonson, aburntship.blogspot.com/2025/12/seja...
' Sejanus His Fall' by Ben Jonson
A Lost Classic or 400 Year Old Flop? Readers of ...
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December 6, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Have written up some thoughts about Ben Jonson's play Sejanus, set during the reign of Emperor Tiberius. Rarely performed and time it was staged again. #17thcenturyliterature, #JamesVI, #JamesI, #Benjonson, aburntship.blogspot.com/2025/12/seja...
This online event looks rather interesting. #englishhistory, #witchcraft, #earlymodernBritain
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English Magic & Witchcraft [ONLINE]
Discover the hidden world of English witchcraft and magic with Dr Tabitha Stanmore. Followed by Q&A.
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November 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
This online event looks rather interesting. #englishhistory, #witchcraft, #earlymodernBritain
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/english-ma...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/english-ma...
Auction of ring belonging to #gunpowderplot leader Robert Catesby www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Gunpowder Plot 'leader's ring' found in Lapworth to go to auction
The ring was found by Andrew Rose close to Bushwood Hall, Lapworth, where Robert Catesby was born.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Auction of ring belonging to #gunpowderplot leader Robert Catesby www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Great to see this podcast with the late Professor James Sharpe discussing the #GunpowderPlot is trending again www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6-0...
The Gunpowder plot of 1605 with ( Professor James Sharpe)
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November 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Great to see this podcast with the late Professor James Sharpe discussing the #GunpowderPlot is trending again www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6-0...
Pleased to have reviewed Steven Veerapen's new study of James VI & I and his enthusiasm for witch-hunting in both Scotland & England. aburntship.blogspot.com/2025/11/witc...
Witches -A Kings Obsession -by Steven Veerapen
King James VI / I and Witchcraft Steven Veerapen is a Scottish academic, historian, and successful historical novel writer, foc...
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November 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Pleased to have reviewed Steven Veerapen's new study of James VI & I and his enthusiasm for witch-hunting in both Scotland & England. aburntship.blogspot.com/2025/11/witc...
A blogpost from 2020 about poetry relating to the #Gunpowderplot. Includes work by #Johnmilton aburntship.blogspot.com/2020/11/in-q...
In quintum Novembris -
In Search of Poetry Relating to the Gunpowder Plot This piece is the start of a longer study that I am working on, ...
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November 2, 2025 at 9:07 AM
A blogpost from 2020 about poetry relating to the #Gunpowderplot. Includes work by #Johnmilton aburntship.blogspot.com/2020/11/in-q...
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31 Oct 1605: Ambrose Rookwood #Gunpowder conspirator went up to #London #otd wearing a 'new Hungarian horseman's coat, lined all with velvet & other apparel exceeding costly' #FashionableConspirator
October 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
31 Oct 1605: Ambrose Rookwood #Gunpowder conspirator went up to #London #otd wearing a 'new Hungarian horseman's coat, lined all with velvet & other apparel exceeding costly' #FashionableConspirator
The radio drama 'Gunpowder Treason & Plot' by A J Wilson from 1980, heavily influenced by Gunpowder Plot scepticism is now available to listen to #gunpowderplot www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpRh...
Gunpowder, Treason And Plot by A J Walton
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October 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The radio drama 'Gunpowder Treason & Plot' by A J Wilson from 1980, heavily influenced by Gunpowder Plot scepticism is now available to listen to #gunpowderplot www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpRh...
One from the vaults: Some thoughts on 'Ben Jonson,Volpone and the Gunpowder Plot' by Richard Dutton I wrote in 2022. #GunpowderPlot aburntship.blogspot.com/2022/04/ben-...
Ben Jonson's Volpone , and the Gunpowder Treason part one
Volpone ( first performed 1606 ) Have been reading'Ben Jonson, Volpone and the Gunpowder Plot...
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October 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
One from the vaults: Some thoughts on 'Ben Jonson,Volpone and the Gunpowder Plot' by Richard Dutton I wrote in 2022. #GunpowderPlot aburntship.blogspot.com/2022/04/ben-...
Just listening to Aspects of History podcast episode 244 'Witchcraft With Steven Veerapen' : Focus on late 16th century. Fascinating : aspectsofhistory.com/podcasts/epi...
Episode 244 - Aspects of History
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October 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Just listening to Aspects of History podcast episode 244 'Witchcraft With Steven Veerapen' : Focus on late 16th century. Fascinating : aspectsofhistory.com/podcasts/epi...
Just finished the revised version of 'Pity for the Guy' by John Paul Davis, a new kindle version of the 2010 original Fawkes's biography. Looks at all known stages of Fawke's life, particularly his European years. #GunpowderPlot aburntship.blogspot.com/2025/10/pity...
Pity for the Guy -A biography of Guy Fawkes by John Paul Davis
NEW AND IMPROVED SECOND EDITION 2025 Pity for the Guy ( Peter Owen publishers Ltd.) first a...
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October 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Just finished the revised version of 'Pity for the Guy' by John Paul Davis, a new kindle version of the 2010 original Fawkes's biography. Looks at all known stages of Fawke's life, particularly his European years. #GunpowderPlot aburntship.blogspot.com/2025/10/pity...
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Daemonologie: A King's Obsession with Witches 🧙♀️
Join us and author Steve Veerapen, for an intriguing evening exploring how a king's paranoia stoked the fear that the devil was stalking early 17th Century Scotland!
📆Thursday 30 October 2025
🕙7pm GMT
🎫£10
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Join us and author Steve Veerapen, for an intriguing evening exploring how a king's paranoia stoked the fear that the devil was stalking early 17th Century Scotland!
📆Thursday 30 October 2025
🕙7pm GMT
🎫£10
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/daemonolog...
October 3, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Daemonologie: A King's Obsession with Witches 🧙♀️
Join us and author Steve Veerapen, for an intriguing evening exploring how a king's paranoia stoked the fear that the devil was stalking early 17th Century Scotland!
📆Thursday 30 October 2025
🕙7pm GMT
🎫£10
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/daemonolog...
Join us and author Steve Veerapen, for an intriguing evening exploring how a king's paranoia stoked the fear that the devil was stalking early 17th Century Scotland!
📆Thursday 30 October 2025
🕙7pm GMT
🎫£10
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/daemonolog...
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Arbella Stuart: the woman who should be queen?
It’s 1603, Queen Elizabeth I is dying. The men in power are fighting to see who will wear her crown. James VI of Scotland travels to England to become the new king while his cousin Arbella Stuart gathers troops of her own…
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It’s 1603, Queen Elizabeth I is dying. The men in power are fighting to see who will wear her crown. James VI of Scotland travels to England to become the new king while his cousin Arbella Stuart gathers troops of her own…
@saperebooks.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Arbella Stuart: the woman who should be queen?
It’s 1603, Queen Elizabeth I is dying. The men in power are fighting to see who will wear her crown. James VI of Scotland travels to England to become the new king while his cousin Arbella Stuart gathers troops of her own…
@saperebooks.bsky.social
It’s 1603, Queen Elizabeth I is dying. The men in power are fighting to see who will wear her crown. James VI of Scotland travels to England to become the new king while his cousin Arbella Stuart gathers troops of her own…
@saperebooks.bsky.social
Have shared some thoughts about The Monteagle Letter, which was said to have alerted the authorities about the #gunpowderplot .Was Lord Monteagle being tested?
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The Monteagle Letter
A Jacobean test of Loyalty ? Sir William Parker (1578-1622),13th Baron Morley, i...
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October 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Have shared some thoughts about The Monteagle Letter, which was said to have alerted the authorities about the #gunpowderplot .Was Lord Monteagle being tested?
aburntship.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
aburntship.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
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For more information, and to book tickets for the event happening on Wednesday 15 October 2025, see The National Archives website [3/3]: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/whats-on/eve...
The Stolen Crown with Tracy Borman
Hear the shocking tale of the plot to kill Elizabeth I from historian and broadcaster Tracy Borman.
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October 1, 2025 at 9:20 AM
For more information, and to book tickets for the event happening on Wednesday 15 October 2025, see The National Archives website [3/3]: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/whats-on/eve...
As Gunpowder Treason Season is fast approaching, thought would share about Gunpowder Plot scepticism : From time to time historians emerge who think that the 'Plot was really organised by the authorities. #gunpowderplot, aburntship.blogspot.com/2022/03/gunp...
Gunpowder Plot Scepticism
What was the real conspiracy ? Photo of Westminster Hall kindly do...
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October 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
As Gunpowder Treason Season is fast approaching, thought would share about Gunpowder Plot scepticism : From time to time historians emerge who think that the 'Plot was really organised by the authorities. #gunpowderplot, aburntship.blogspot.com/2022/03/gunp...
Steven Veerapen,historian and novelist, is giving a talk titled 'Gunpowder, treason and plot: James VI and I, Survivor King' at the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, 5th November 2025, Steven has also written a biography of King James. #gunpowderplot, www.nls.uk/whats-on/gun...
Gunpowder, treason and plot: James VI and I, Survivor King | National Library of Scotland
Learn about King James VI and I in relation to the 1605 Gunpowder Plot this Bonfire night.
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October 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Steven Veerapen,historian and novelist, is giving a talk titled 'Gunpowder, treason and plot: James VI and I, Survivor King' at the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, 5th November 2025, Steven has also written a biography of King James. #gunpowderplot, www.nls.uk/whats-on/gun...