Men

A couple of events coming up that might to be of interest to folks round these parts. Historian Amanda Vickery (she of At Home with the Georgians and Voices from the Old Bailey) has a new BBC Radio 4 series starting on the 6th of August about men and masculinity.


According to the blurb:

The series explores the history of masculinity through six archetypes of ideal men. The series begins in the Middle Ages and ends in the 1950s. It explores The Knight; The Gentleman; The Lover; The Sailor; The Explorer; and The Suit.

I can't promise to record the whole series but I will certainly try to record and post the episode on The Sailor :)

Also if anyone is lucky enough to be in the vicinity of Portsmouth Historic Dockyard on the 23rd August you might want to catch The Lord Chamberlain's Men who are performing Macbeth alongside HMS Victory as part of a series of Dockyard at Dusk events. The Lord Chamerlain's Men are an:

All male open air theatre company built upon the same principles that Shakespeare himself followed: to present bold, clear and dynamic productions that excite and engage the audience.

And rather splendid they look too :)