Author:
Callan Davies
Lecturer in Seventeenth-Century Literature and Culture
University of Southampton
Dr Callan Davies is a literary, theatre, and cultural historian at the University of Roehampton.
Meet our team Guest PostsWilliam Fleetwood was a significant figure in Elizabethan London.
This post is the first in a series that will share our work in the archive, including photographed images, transcriptions, and a brief discussion of some of the archival material we have been surveying.
Our first workshop with The Dolphin’s Back took place yesterday (22 January 2017), exploring the earliest surviving play from English commercial theatre on the site of the earliest purpose-built commercial playhouse.
While estate agents and others expressed disapproval, others will have welcomed this morning’s leaked announcement from the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement about announcing a crackdown on letting fees: those administration costs, credit checks, and general charges levied in the process of agreeing a tenancy.
Summer 1567. A feature piece for Elizabethan developers, house buyers, tourists, and those interested in keeping up with the latest cultural developments just outside of the City of London.
Social media has reacted with frustration and resentment at the news this week that one of London’s most famous nightclubs, Fabric, has had its licence revoked (#fabricreview).