Hi, folks!
Julia Robb is a Texas-based writer. I've known her - online - for a while now, and have reviewed a couple of her books, which I thoroughly enjoyed.
She's passionate about Shakespeare and has been very interested in developments since Who Killed William Shakespeare? was published in 2013.
Now she's interviewed me for her website/blog about Shakespeare, the Beoley skull, and the forthcoming Channel 4 documentary which will feature the skull. It's a pretty free and frank, no-holds-barred interview, and you can read it here:
Skull-Duggery - Julia Robb interview with Simon Stirling
So I'm no longer biting my tongue, and the truth is out there.
Meanwhile, my very first copy of Shakespeare's Bastard: The Life of Sir William Davenant is on its way to me from The History Press.
All in all, it's going to be an interesting time ...
Thursday, 28 January 2016
Monday, 18 January 2016
2016: Year of the Skull and the Bastard
Belated New Year greetings!
You know, I've a feeling that it's going to be quite a year. Come April, we'll be hearing a lot about Shakespeare, it being the 400th anniversary of his death.
Before then, my latest book - Shakespeare's Bastard: The Life of Sir William Davenant - will be published by The History Press. And we can also look forward to a documentary, to be broadcast on Channel 4 here in the UK, which will show the very skull, hidden in a crypt under St Leonard's Church, Beoley, which might well be Shakespeare's (long time followers of this blog will know something about this skull already, as will anyone who's read Who Killed William Shakespeare?). So there's a lot to look forward to in just the first four months of this year.
In anticipation of which, I take great pleasure in linking the reader to a fascinating and colourful infographic on the subject of "Shakespeare in Pop Culture". This was sent to me, a little while ago now, by Roslyn Willson, and it is with great thanks to Roslyn that I include the link here.
Enjoy!
You know, I've a feeling that it's going to be quite a year. Come April, we'll be hearing a lot about Shakespeare, it being the 400th anniversary of his death.
Before then, my latest book - Shakespeare's Bastard: The Life of Sir William Davenant - will be published by The History Press. And we can also look forward to a documentary, to be broadcast on Channel 4 here in the UK, which will show the very skull, hidden in a crypt under St Leonard's Church, Beoley, which might well be Shakespeare's (long time followers of this blog will know something about this skull already, as will anyone who's read Who Killed William Shakespeare?). So there's a lot to look forward to in just the first four months of this year.
In anticipation of which, I take great pleasure in linking the reader to a fascinating and colourful infographic on the subject of "Shakespeare in Pop Culture". This was sent to me, a little while ago now, by Roslyn Willson, and it is with great thanks to Roslyn that I include the link here.
Enjoy!
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