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The Golding Variations

14 Feb 2018

The myth of Oxford as a child prodigy and polymath is utterly unfounded. The film has him writing A Midsummer Night's Dream at about age ten, at a time when the real Lord Bolbec (as he then… goto

The great Globe itself...

14 Feb 2018

Shakespeare wrote not only for the theatre, but for different theatres. In 1609, the King's Men began playing at the Blackfriars—indoors and upscale—in the winter months, and Shakespeare's latest… goto

The stigma of anonymity

14 Feb 2018

There would have to be a reason, and a good one, for not putting your name on the world's finest body of artistic work. And there isn't. Those who believe Marlowe wrote the plays have a much easier… goto

The talk of the town

14 Feb 2018

Another inconsistent claim made by Oxfordians is that the Earl of Oxford was highly rated as a playwright and author by his contemporaries. Yet once again, the evidence for this significant claim is… goto

The Writer Who Wasn't There

14 Feb 2018

 Nobody Claimed Oxford Wrote The Canon (until about the 20th century at least). This is probably the single most important piece of evidence against the Oxfordian view. Oxfordians attack the… goto

Thumb in the balance

14 Feb 2018

When issues are based on a balance of probabilities  you can always find an Oxfordian thumb pressed hard on one side of the scales, tilting the result in their favour.For example, the key… goto

Time and Tide

14 Feb 2018

Alexander Waugh returns forcefully to the subject of sailing to Verona. In the latest rearrangement of Shakespeare Authorship Coalition Essays, published in response to Shakespeare Beyond … goto

Tin Ear

14 Feb 2018

Fully a third of Oxford's surviving letters are taken up with his campaign to hold the Crown's monopoly on Cornish tin-mines. You might call it an obsession. The letters come to over 10,000 words;… goto

Tranectomy

14 Feb 2018

Hours, weeks, even months have been spent arguing about Proteus and Portia's route-planning and what its accuracy or inaccuracy reveals. The first thing to say is that above all the geographical… goto

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Verona

14 Feb 2018

In a Good Oxfordian/Bad Oxfordian chapter of his book, William Farina willingly ignores the Oxfordian dating argument and goes out of his way to accept the 'orthodox' view of Two Gentlemen of… goto

Verona again!

14 Feb 2018

It is highly unlikely that whoever wrote The Merchant of Venice and Two Gentlemen of Verona had spent any time in Venice, a city with a number of unique features. It’s pretty clear that Shakespeare… goto

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Weetabix

14 Feb 2018

While flicking through my pictures of the Mid-West, I came across the bright colours you see here on a very dull day. In Mitchell, South Dakota, there is a palace built of corn cobs. A large… goto

Weever's tangled web

14 Feb 2018

 The Oxfordian pick has struck gold again, an occurrence that seems to happen with astounding regularity, yet for some reason the nuggets found never seem to get past the assay office.This time… goto

Hamlet (1599–1601)

Were I any good as a poet. . .

14 Feb 2018

Oxfordians accept the minute quantity of contemporary praise for Oxford’s literary efforts at face value and lionize him as a man of letters. In spite of some hilarious shortcomings as a versifier,… goto

What's in a name?

14 Feb 2018

Two 'E's, Or Not Two 'E's That is the question Oxfordians make much of the different spelling of Will’s name though the significance of different forms has to be viewed in the light… goto

What's the leklywhode?

14 Feb 2018

Oxford's spelling was idiosyncratic, even for an Elizabethan. He almost always wrote "lek" for like, in all its forms: "misleke," "leklywhodes," and "lekwise," among many others. Another quirk of his… goto

Writing on the Wall

14 Feb 2018

One of the features of a number of martial arts is that they rely, not on ones own strength but on turning one's opponents strength against them. Similarly, it is always a pleasure when one can… goto

Deverean analysis

30 Jan 2018

Jeff Falzone January 4 at 7:16am Somebody on Twitter is trying to decipher this handwriting:   LikeShow more reactions Comment… goto

Macbeth Unequivocal

16 Jan 2018

Macbeth is a Jacobean play, through and through. It celebrates the accession of James VI & I, and his descent through a true line of  Scottish kings, foreseen to “stretch out to the crack… goto

Early Oxford Bibliography

2 Feb 2017

Anon ,“Hill Hall, Essex, the residence of the Duc de Moro” in Country Life, 7 July, 1906, 18-27. Archer, Ian W., “Smith, Sir Thomas (1513–1577),” Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford… goto

Legitimized by illegitimacy?

4 May 2016

Video Survey Published on 30 Apr 2016 under the title Shakespeare Legitimized Plausibility: 2/10, Credibility 1/10, Useful content 0/10 Link to video This video… goto

Easter puzzles

25 Mar 2016

For all you smug gits reporting top marks on Facebook quizzes, try these. 1. BBC cybersecurity challenge (easy first then exponentially more difficult). http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-… goto

Internal evidence

5 Jan 2016

Although computerised stylometric analysis has advanced considerably, modern attribution techniques are not dependent on it. Nor does it disagree with more traditional methods.Today, the whole of… goto

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Internal evidence

5 Jan 2016

Although computerised stylometric analysis has advanced considerably, modern attribution techniques are not dependent on it. Nor does it disagree with more traditional methods.Today, the whole of… goto

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1 Samuel

20 Oct 2015

This book, along with Eccelsiasticus, received most attention from the annotators, from Stritmatter and from other Oxfordians. Latterly it's become a favourtite here too. Because this book, more than… goto

Hand D Comments

17 Feb 2015

Unusually, for Oxfraud, the Hand D comments pages are closed. We have decided to gather the comments for the series of articles here, on a single page, where they will be easier to find. .breadcrumb… goto

New Chronology

24 Dec 2014

A new chronology for Shakespeare’s plays Douglas Bruster, Geneviève Smith… goto

Bilton Hall

6 Oct 2014

Rented out before either Oxford or Jonson were born, sold in 1580—43 years before Ben came up with his famous soubriquet—never associated with Oxford until an enterprising Oxfordian uncovered its… goto

Tempest Studies

1 Sep 2014

In an email received in the early days of Oxfraud, only a year ago, Roger Stritmatter warned me that 2013 would be a significant year in the SAQ debate as he was going to publish a book which would… goto

Wills Income table

27 Aug 2014

Shakespeare's earnings Writer   Venus and Adonis £27.00     Rape of Lucrece £20.00     Collaborative theatre work £20.00     Patronage £15.00… goto