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The Books

The first book I published, in 2016, has been withdrawn for updating in line with my discoveries since then. The second book, published last year, is a lot shorter and more to the point. It has all that I know … Continue reading

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Ben Jonson’s poem

Jonson’s short dedicatory poem in the First Folio, To the Reader, is in the prime position facing the Droeshout portait. It contains 272 letters.   To the Reader.  This figure, that thou here seest put It was for gentle Shakespeare … Continue reading

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Shakespeare-Munday

A poem by Anthony Munday —————————– To Colin Cloute. Beautie sate bathing by a Spring. Where fayrest shades did hide her. The winds blew calme, the birds did sing, the coole streames ranne beside her. My wanton thoughts entic’dmine eye, … Continue reading

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The Droeshout portrait

This image is the one in the front of every copy of the First Folio of Shakespeare plays published in 1623. It was cut onto the printing plate by Martin Droeshout. his name is at the bottom of every print … Continue reading

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This post and all below is my old blog

From here and below is my original personal blog and as such is nothing to do with Munday-Shakespeare. Read and enjoy if you wish but it is no longer the reason for this site. Sometimes we make the mistake of … Continue reading

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Cornwall

We have returned from our holiday in Pentewan Sands near St Austell in Cornwall. It rained all of one day and part of a second but otherwise it was good. I’m sure we all enjoyed it. My wife and me … Continue reading

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Summer Has a Come on in

We have had some wonderful sunny weather recently. I have been rather lazy and sat about drinking tea and reading. You can see under the parasol my recently made planter put to good use and supporting the colourful annuals. It … Continue reading

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School’s Out

Well people, the schools in England broke for summer and millions of kids are about to go feral. There are a few outside my home now having the time of their lives already. I do remember the beginning of the … Continue reading

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Sunny Day

What a great day. The sun shone from the start and it warmed up too. There were a lot of slug trails and a lot of missing leaves on the bedding plants M put in last week. She is a … Continue reading

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‘Been a long time

I have finally sent the book off for publishing. That’s not to say I have an agent or sum-such, I have to pay a small fee for them to design the cover and then to upload it onto Amazon, Lulu … Continue reading

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