Gareth Howell: How I Became an Oxfordian
When I was in Law School at Aberystwyth on the rugged western coast of Wales, it was an occasional delight to drive in summer to
When I was in Law School at Aberystwyth on the rugged western coast of Wales, it was an occasional delight to drive in summer to
“Why would anybody believe it?” The teenaged girl’s eyes were wide, her head shaking. She’d come to the front of the school auditorium to speak
I have become an Oxfordian only recently, having pursued the Shakespeare authorship question for two years. With a liberal arts undergraduate degree and two advanced
May 3, 2016 The first requirement of becoming an Oxfordian is learning to love Shakespeare, both in production and on the page. I became possessed
I first became aware of the authorship question back in 1974, when my father, who was an attorney, sent me a copy of the Harvard
I first learned about Edward de Vere when I encountered a man in an Elizabethan costume at an Oxford conference in San Francisco. I was
I never liked liking what others like, so I avoided Shakespeare as a student. As a literature teacher in colleges, though, I had to include
December 22, 2015 I read Charlton Ogburn’s The Mysterious William Shakespeare as a graduate student in English. I recall that as I read, the coincidences
December 15, 2015 I love a mystery. Maybe it was all those Nancy Drew books that I read as a kid. My penchant for all
December 8, 2015 I am greatly indebted to the late Joseph Sobran for introducing me to the Shakespeare authorship question. It was his columns in
December 1, 2015 While growing up in France in the 1960s and 70s, I was not aware there was an authorship controversy. As a teenager
November 24, 2015 I’m a playwright/novelist/screenwriter (whose favorite actor is, coincidentally to Oxfordiania, Sir Derek Jacobi). Several years ago, I was at my grandparents’ summer
November 20, 2015 When I was about 11 or 12, we read Julius Caesar in junior high. When I tried to find out about the
Professor James Norwood explains how the PBS series Shakespeare Uncovered inadvertently reveals the inadequacies of the Stratfordian attribution of Shakespeare’s plays. In this second part
The Shakespeare Oxford Society and The Shakespeare Fellowship Society Present The Washington DC Joint Authorship Conference October 13, 14, 15, and 16, 2011 in Washington,
My friend Derran Charlton was kind enough to submit the following words of remembrance upon the passing of his longtime dear friend and fellow Oxfordian,
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