by CCash | Mar 10, 2025 | Blog, Podcast Episodes
In As You Like It, Orlando says “Which I take to be either a fool or a cipher.” that’s one of a dozen references to ciphers in Shakespeare’s plays, which reflects the place of ciphers as a common way to keep secrets, particularly among the elite, for...
by CCash | Mar 10, 2025 | Detailed Show Notes
The final part of an autograph letter of Queen Mary to Pope Sixtus V. Vatican City, Archivio Segreto Vaticano, Archivum Arcis, Arm. I–XVIII, 4082, fol. 3v–4r. | 23 November 1586 | Public Domain| Source Excerpt from a book published in 1850, including this image...
by CCash | Jun 22, 2020 | Blog, Podcast Episodes
One of the ways we fund the podcast is through affiliate links. If you purchase these items through our links, we make a commission. This, and all the posts here on our website, may contain such affiliate links. If you would like to purchase items from our art shop,...
by CCash | May 18, 2020 | Blog, Podcast Episodes
One of the ways we fund the podcast is through affiliate links. If you purchase these items through our links, we make a commission. This, and all the posts here on our website, may contain such affiliate links. If you would like to purchase items from our art shop,...
by CCash | Oct 13, 2018 | Blog, DIY History
William Shakespeare is known the world over for his work in theater, crafting masterpieces that live on today on stages from sea to sea and culture to culture. Even his plays are written with the actor in mind, with some of the lines of his plays specifically forming...
