Dr Philippa Earle
@uncouthswain.bsky.social
Miltonist | Research Associate at Uni of Exeter | occasional teacher | FHEA #ECR #FirstGen
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Maimonides and Milton’s Monistic ‘Mental Sight’
In a recent note (N&Q, 2024), Ayelet Langer helpfully posits Maimonides’s Guide of the Perplexed (c. 1190) as a source for the term ‘mental sight’ in M
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I have queried a recent note and over 300 years of critical consensus, in "Maimonides and Milton's Monistic 'Mental Sight'." #OpenAccess #EarlyModern #AcademicSky
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Thinking of the wonderful Milton scholar Neil Forsyth today after news of his passing. An essay of his that stays in my mind is "Of Man's First Dis" (1991). I'll always remember what I learned was characteristic Miltonist commitment, when Neil came to the Exeter symposium... 1/
November 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Thinking of the wonderful Milton scholar Neil Forsyth today after news of his passing. An essay of his that stays in my mind is "Of Man's First Dis" (1991). I'll always remember what I learned was characteristic Miltonist commitment, when Neil came to the Exeter symposium... 1/
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Hundreds, perhaps thousands of the fallen of WWI were buried with epitaphs drawn from Shakespearean. A selection can be found here: www.epitaphsofthegreatwar.com/tag/shakespe...
None more haunting than the inscription for Alfred Dunne (aged 17)
O MONSTROUS WORLD
TO BE DIRECT AND HONEST
IS NOT SAFE
None more haunting than the inscription for Alfred Dunne (aged 17)
O MONSTROUS WORLD
TO BE DIRECT AND HONEST
IS NOT SAFE
Shakespeare
www.epitaphsofthegreatwar.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Hundreds, perhaps thousands of the fallen of WWI were buried with epitaphs drawn from Shakespearean. A selection can be found here: www.epitaphsofthegreatwar.com/tag/shakespe...
None more haunting than the inscription for Alfred Dunne (aged 17)
O MONSTROUS WORLD
TO BE DIRECT AND HONEST
IS NOT SAFE
None more haunting than the inscription for Alfred Dunne (aged 17)
O MONSTROUS WORLD
TO BE DIRECT AND HONEST
IS NOT SAFE
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Today is the OFFICIAL publication day for TEXTILE SHAKESPEARE! Please indulge me: I want to say a little (perhaps rather a lot) about it and share my acknowledgements - and a discount code! Appropriately,🧵1/10
November 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Today is the OFFICIAL publication day for TEXTILE SHAKESPEARE! Please indulge me: I want to say a little (perhaps rather a lot) about it and share my acknowledgements - and a discount code! Appropriately,🧵1/10
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November 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Always be recruiting. Always be looking out for the talented, the original thinkers, the ones who do more than talk. Take note of those who create impact regardless of their position, the big successes, the small achievements that signal real ability. Keep an eye on those who develop others 1/
November 4, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Always be recruiting. Always be looking out for the talented, the original thinkers, the ones who do more than talk. Take note of those who create impact regardless of their position, the big successes, the small achievements that signal real ability. Keep an eye on those who develop others 1/
Had an inspiring evening @no1royalcrescent.bsky.social listening to Prof. Kathryn Sutherland on Jane Austen's The Watsons and her creative process. Great discussions, lovely staff, & upstairs, the amazing exhibition, including 2 letters by JA to Frank re their father's death, & The Watsons MS pages!
October 31, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Had an inspiring evening @no1royalcrescent.bsky.social listening to Prof. Kathryn Sutherland on Jane Austen's The Watsons and her creative process. Great discussions, lovely staff, & upstairs, the amazing exhibition, including 2 letters by JA to Frank re their father's death, & The Watsons MS pages!
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I’m a blind Mum and this afternoon I got held hostage in the book corner at nursery stay and play by 5 pre schoolers demanding I read many many books.
Had to do a lot of styling it out saying “oooh what’s happening?” Or “wow who’s on this page!”
I think it only made me more fun 😆
Had to do a lot of styling it out saying “oooh what’s happening?” Or “wow who’s on this page!”
I think it only made me more fun 😆
October 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I’m a blind Mum and this afternoon I got held hostage in the book corner at nursery stay and play by 5 pre schoolers demanding I read many many books.
Had to do a lot of styling it out saying “oooh what’s happening?” Or “wow who’s on this page!”
I think it only made me more fun 😆
Had to do a lot of styling it out saying “oooh what’s happening?” Or “wow who’s on this page!”
I think it only made me more fun 😆
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It’s telling how some male columnists and commentators have reacted to Riot Women as ‘man-hating’ when it’s simply depicting average everyday experiences women have with men all the time. If seeing the world through a woman’s eyes makes you hate men too the I guess you see our problem.
October 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM
It’s telling how some male columnists and commentators have reacted to Riot Women as ‘man-hating’ when it’s simply depicting average everyday experiences women have with men all the time. If seeing the world through a woman’s eyes makes you hate men too the I guess you see our problem.
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Latest lovely volume by Patrick Cheney is now out in the Early Modern Literary Geographies series with Oxford University Press that I am very proud to co edit with Garrett A Sullivan Jr …
October 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Latest lovely volume by Patrick Cheney is now out in the Early Modern Literary Geographies series with Oxford University Press that I am very proud to co edit with Garrett A Sullivan Jr …
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Young Syrian refugees paint murals at Zataari camp Jordan, to overcome trauma and memories of violence #womensart
September 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Young Syrian refugees paint murals at Zataari camp Jordan, to overcome trauma and memories of violence #womensart
And, frankly, amazing.
29 Sept 1634: A masque held at Ludlow Castle #otd - the text was by John Milton (eebo/BM)
September 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
And, frankly, amazing.
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So far we've found Shakespearean epitaphs from 30 plays, 16 sonnets, and 3 of the longer poems. The only plays not on our list?
Taming of the Shrew
Henry VI 1 & 3
Two Gentlemen
Love’s Labours
Merry Wives
Coriolanus
Pericles
Cemetery strollers, let us know if you spot a quote from one of these!
Taming of the Shrew
Henry VI 1 & 3
Two Gentlemen
Love’s Labours
Merry Wives
Coriolanus
Pericles
Cemetery strollers, let us know if you spot a quote from one of these!
September 21, 2025 at 9:48 AM
So far we've found Shakespearean epitaphs from 30 plays, 16 sonnets, and 3 of the longer poems. The only plays not on our list?
Taming of the Shrew
Henry VI 1 & 3
Two Gentlemen
Love’s Labours
Merry Wives
Coriolanus
Pericles
Cemetery strollers, let us know if you spot a quote from one of these!
Taming of the Shrew
Henry VI 1 & 3
Two Gentlemen
Love’s Labours
Merry Wives
Coriolanus
Pericles
Cemetery strollers, let us know if you spot a quote from one of these!
A perfect evening; dinner and The Sixteen's "Angel of Peace" concert at Exeter Cathedral, with one of my angels.
September 21, 2025 at 9:24 AM
A perfect evening; dinner and The Sixteen's "Angel of Peace" concert at Exeter Cathedral, with one of my angels.
I love The Merchant's House, Marlborough. It's the opposite of the drab 17th-century stereotype!
They don't get many visitors, please support them if you can 🙂
They don't get many visitors, please support them if you can 🙂
September 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I love The Merchant's House, Marlborough. It's the opposite of the drab 17th-century stereotype!
They don't get many visitors, please support them if you can 🙂
They don't get many visitors, please support them if you can 🙂
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Blog up on the major take aways from today's results day from @danihpayne.bsky.social and me -
www.smf.co.uk/commentary_p...
www.smf.co.uk/commentary_p...
Results day 2025 – Social Market Foundation analysis - Social Market Foundation.
Results day and university admissions data offers insight into how the HE sector is performing under growing financial and structural pressures.
www.smf.co.uk
August 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Blog up on the major take aways from today's results day from @danihpayne.bsky.social and me -
www.smf.co.uk/commentary_p...
www.smf.co.uk/commentary_p...
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🚨 #ALevelResultsDay : Breaking @smfthinktank.bsky.social analysis reveals stark regional uni inequalities - and these are widening over time 🚨
Students in London and the South East are far more likely to be receiving acceptances today, whilst lowest rates are seen in the NE and SW
Students in London and the South East are far more likely to be receiving acceptances today, whilst lowest rates are seen in the NE and SW
August 14, 2025 at 8:06 AM
🚨 #ALevelResultsDay : Breaking @smfthinktank.bsky.social analysis reveals stark regional uni inequalities - and these are widening over time 🚨
Students in London and the South East are far more likely to be receiving acceptances today, whilst lowest rates are seen in the NE and SW
Students in London and the South East are far more likely to be receiving acceptances today, whilst lowest rates are seen in the NE and SW
One of N&Q's "Most Read" 📚
I have queried a recent note and over 300 years of critical consensus, in "Maimonides and Milton's Monistic 'Mental Sight'." #OpenAccess #EarlyModern #AcademicSky
academic.oup.com/nq/advance-a...
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Maimonides and Milton’s Monistic ‘Mental Sight’
In a recent note (N&Q, 2024), Ayelet Langer helpfully posits Maimonides’s Guide of the Perplexed (c. 1190) as a source for the term ‘mental sight’ in M
academic.oup.com
July 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
One of N&Q's "Most Read" 📚
July 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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These incompetents. It should always have been a top tier risk! I've been telling you that for years! UK 'governance' simply not up to the challenge: C- at best.
University failure now a ‘top tier’ risk for education department.
Risk rating escalation comes as regulator says accounting firms are conducting “deep dives” at institutions
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Risk rating escalation comes as regulator says accounting firms are conducting “deep dives” at institutions
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
University failure now a ‘top tier’ risk for education department - Research Professional News
Risk rating escalation comes as regulator says accounting firms are conducting “deep dives” at institutions
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
July 18, 2025 at 8:53 AM
These incompetents. It should always have been a top tier risk! I've been telling you that for years! UK 'governance' simply not up to the challenge: C- at best.
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York conference, cfp, Poetry and Science, From the Renaissance to Enlightenment
University of York, 25th-26th June 2026
scientificpoetry.org/events/poetr...
Any queries to Kevin Killeen at: [email protected]
University of York, 25th-26th June 2026
scientificpoetry.org/events/poetr...
Any queries to Kevin Killeen at: [email protected]
July 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
York conference, cfp, Poetry and Science, From the Renaissance to Enlightenment
University of York, 25th-26th June 2026
scientificpoetry.org/events/poetr...
Any queries to Kevin Killeen at: [email protected]
University of York, 25th-26th June 2026
scientificpoetry.org/events/poetr...
Any queries to Kevin Killeen at: [email protected]
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I have queried a recent note and over 300 years of critical consensus, in "Maimonides and Milton's Monistic 'Mental Sight'." #OpenAccess #EarlyModern #AcademicSky
academic.oup.com/nq/advance-a...
academic.oup.com/nq/advance-a...
Maimonides and Milton’s Monistic ‘Mental Sight’
In a recent note (N&Q, 2024), Ayelet Langer helpfully posits Maimonides’s Guide of the Perplexed (c. 1190) as a source for the term ‘mental sight’ in M
academic.oup.com
July 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I have queried a recent note and over 300 years of critical consensus, in "Maimonides and Milton's Monistic 'Mental Sight'." #OpenAccess #EarlyModern #AcademicSky
academic.oup.com/nq/advance-a...
academic.oup.com/nq/advance-a...