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Lame him with reasons

26 Apr 2021

A literal-minded Oxfordian (is there any other kind?), insists that the author of the sonnets is using the word 'lame' in the literal sense to describe himself. The evidence for Oxford's mimetic… goto

Feedback

4 Oct 2020

Feedback The upgrade to the latest version of our CMS is complete. It would have been quicker to retype every article on a Sinclair ZX81. This is a page to list any problems that the site… goto

Rude Oxfordians

25 Jul 2020

Dear Oxfraud, My husband no longer shows the slightest interest in starting a conversation with me, let alone showing any kind of sexual interest. After spotting an open copy of Ovid's… goto

To be or not to be Hamlet

22 Jul 2020

At her funeral, Hamlet leaps into Ophelia’s grave to outdo the grief of her brother with his own: “I lou'd Ophelia; fortie thousand Brothers Could not (with all there quantitie of Loue) Make vp my… goto

Hand D

khmer

Pub Proposition

29 Oct 2019

Anonymous: Scene:36 (Deleted) Pub interior, Eastcheap. Dark. Some years before Jonson has appeared on the scene, De Vere and his cutthroat henchmen are sitting in a booth henching. A large pile of… goto

A squadron of Tempests

26 Sep 2019

“I freeze and burn, love is bitter and sweet, my sighs are tempests and my tears are floods, I am in ecstasy and agony, I am possessed by memories of her and I am in exile from myself.” … goto

Stylometry

Tempest

Hand of Damocles

3 Sep 2019

Stylometry takes a step forward In the face of such methodological shortcomings, conflicting opinions, and duelling analyses, what is one to think? An obvious explanation is that to-… goto

Reason 101

20 Aug 2019

  Some ideas on the current state of SAQ affairs Oxfordians claim to have assembled their contentions into a theory built from first principles by using a mass of circumstantial evidence… goto

Where have all the Oxies gone?

13 Aug 2019

Leading Oxfordians seem to have disappeared from public debate. Where are they hiding? What can they be plotting? First Oxfordian By the pricking of my thumbsTotal failure this way comes.PT… goto

The Single Page Guide

1 Aug 2019

1. Shakespeare is not Oxford's pseudonym. There is no credible evidence that anyone from Shakespeare's time suggested that the canon was written by anyone other than William Shakespeare,… goto

The Main Arguments

16 Jun 2019

Salting the battlefield for the main arguments tr.v. salt·ed, salt·ing, salts To add, treat, season, or sprinkle with salt. To cure or preserve by treating with salt or a… goto

Diana Price

Stratford Connections

31 May 2019

Drawing wings on the elephant Evidence Abuse Camden knew Will “It seems likely therefore that William Camden made no connection between William Shakspere of Stratford-upon-Avon and the… goto

Education

Coriolanus

Warwickshire

31 May 2019

Ethnic cleansing There are inescapable links between William Shakespeare and Warwickshire, even if the modern tourist industry isn't always academically scrupulous when it comes to describing them… goto

The Taming of the Shrew

The Benighted History of The Shakespeare Authorship Question

30 May 2019

2 Corinth

21 Oct 2018

  Alexander Waugh has trumpeted a great Oxfordian discovery. In The Spectator (2 November 2013), he wrote: “I clearly see that my work for the Earl of Oxford cannot be much… goto

Education

Twelfth Night

Hendiadys

11 Sep 2018

Another in our series of annotated articles looking this time at the long standing and popular claim that Oxford can be connected to Shakespeare through hendiadys, Ovid, Metamorphoses and De… goto

Dugdale’s Inaccuracies

22 May 2018

Tom's paper on Dugdale. The funerary monument to William Shakespeare in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-on-Avon, is a typical ‘scholar monument’ of the type that developed in the late-16th … goto

William Dugdale

22 May 2018

William Dugdale’s Monumental Inaccuracies and Shakespeare's Stratford Monument By Tom Reedy The funerary monument to William Shakespeare in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-on-Avon, is a typical ‘… goto

Dugdale

JDL ERROR

18 May 2018

405    Error: Literal Meaning not found The literal meaning of the phrase you just read is not present.… goto

Smoke gets in your eyes

1 May 2018

“Analysis” of Poet Ape It is essential to those seeking to create doubt, that they remove all early references to Shakespeare as a playwright and minimise as far as possible any references to him… goto

Poet Ape, Waugh, Failed argument

Smoke gets in your eyes

1 May 2018

“Analysis” of Poet Ape It is essential to those seeking to create doubt, that they remove all early references to Shakespeare as a playwright and minimise as far as possible any references to him… goto

Poet Ape, Waugh, Failed argument

Smoke gets in your eyes

1 May 2018

“Analysis” of Poet Ape It is essential to those seeking to create doubt, that they remove all early references to Shakespeare as a playwright and minimise as far as possible any references to him… goto

Poet Ape, Waugh, Failed argument

A new doubter tactic

17 Apr 2018

16th century “doubt” about authorship Unable to point to credible sources of doubt in modern times, the doubters are now reaching back to insinuate that doubt concerning the authorship of… goto

Labeo

Broken Theory

17 Apr 2018

A 3.5 Broker theory Tom Reedy Evidence Abuse Broking malt “In February 1598, nine months after he bought New Place, Shakspere was listed as one of several householders who, against orders… goto

Broker Nonsense

Jonson’s Eulogy

17 Apr 2018

Seeliest ignorance "In that last video, the third part of our interview with Alexander Waugh, Waugh mentioned that Ben Jonson, and somebody else, were accused of "raping Shakespeare's name". This… goto

First Folio

Moniment, without a tombe

17 Apr 2018

“Thou art a Moniment, without a tombe.” Nat Whilk Week 4 · 12 days ago · Edited Ros Barber’s strange reading of Ben Jonson has sent me back to his sources for his Shakespeare… goto

Monument

Shakespeare’s education

17 Apr 2018

Richard Sandin  · a month ago · Edited Okay, Joan, you asked for this. Roger, are you paying attention? Here is a terse summary. The principal sources of primary education in… goto

Education, Literacy

Shakespeare’s education

17 Apr 2018

Richard Sandin  · a month ago · Edited Okay, Joan, you asked for this. Roger, are you paying attention? Here is a terse summary. The principal sources of primary education in… goto

Education, Literacy

The Goldsmiths Authorship MOOC

17 Apr 2018

  When the Foxe preaches, beware your Geese “I'll take but a book in my hand, a wide-sleeved gown on my back, and a crowned cap on my head, and see if I can want promotion.”—Robert Greene… goto

First Folio

The Swan of Stratford

17 Apr 2018

There are a lot of swans in Stratford-upon-Avon In 150 years of intense effort, anti-Shakespeareans like Barber and Waugh have had a hard time locating even a few swans to go with their… goto

Stratford, First Folio