Michael Williams

Out now from @PalgraveCultMed: 'Film Stardom and the Ancient Past: Idols, Artefacts and Epics’. Exploring stars and antiquity from Buster Crabbe to Beyoncé! #aboutBook" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">palgrave.com/gb/book/978113…

@AdamofVaughan Thanks again for being a brilliant contributor, Adam!

Thanks, Sarah! We were delighted to be able to include your wonderful chapter!

Out now! 📚 🍑

@LFDonaldson @ChrisORourke1 Indeed, many thanks again, Chris. And both your and @LFDonaldson’s papers were fantastic. I love the dog pic above too!

@ChrisORourke1 @MTWSoton Thank you so much for organising, it was such a pleasure to be part of it!

I had so much fun being on a panel with @MTWSoton and @LFDonaldson, talking about queer film history today. Thanks #baftss2024 organisers!

@YeqiZhu Great to see you, too! 😊

So excited to see Michael @MTWSoton again! Time flies…It's been 8 years since I left UK for the last time. And thanks Michael for the beautiful presentation, fascinating discovery made possible through archival research! #BAFTSS2024

@enchantedbyfilm @baftss @FilmUoS Thanks, Jade! 😊

A brilliant paper from @MTWSoton this afternoon at @baftss on ‘‘The Finest Epigrammist of the Present Day’: Fan Magazines and the Queer Craft of Herbert Howe’. #BAFTSS24 #BAFTSS2024 @FilmUoS

@Matt_Weaver21 You too! 😊

@MTWSoton Sorry I can’t make it because I’m heading home now. Was great to meet you!

About to talk about Herbert Howe and his queer writing and image in fan-magazines. #baftss

🪄Our next SIAH Public Life explores the worlds of 'Heritage and Harry Potter' with Stephen Manion (formerly @alnwickcastle, now Executive Director @Go_Southampton) in conversation with Kevin Brazil, @JoSofaer & @MTWSoton Thursday 25th April, 4pm, online HeritageAndHP.eventbrite.co.uk

A book trailer for the wonderful ‘Classical Reception: New Challenges in a Changing World’ collection I was delighted to contribute to: youtu.be/oqQbr6pzna4?fe… 📽️🏦⭐️

A chapter I wrote on the marketing and reception of stars in ‘The Sign of the Cross’ (1932) and ‘Cleopatra’ (1934)' for a collection edited by Konstantinos Nikoloutsos: 'Celluloid Battles: Big Screen Ancient Greek and Roman Warfare'. It was fun to write! link.growkudos.com/1nigjnww8ow

@DrDionGeorgiou Really sorry to hear this, Dion, that’s awful.

🧵 I've tweeted cryptically of late about stuff not being good in our department at the University of Chichester, and with me in that context. So: about three weeks ago I was told out of the blue that our BA in Modern History was being axed and my post placed at risk. (1/12)

I’m sad not to be able to be at the ‘Noël Coward: Past, Present and Future’ conference in person to give my paper on Coward and Ivor Novello and hear all the other fascinating papers. Hope everyone enjoys what looks set to be a wonderful event! birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/…

Last rally to say we have HAD ENOUGH ✊🪧 #ucustrike #ucuRISING

@enchantedbyfilm @TurnerSims @SotonFilmWeek Thanks, Jade - yes, always great to see Ivor!

@MTWSoton @TurnerSims @SotonFilmWeek It was absolutely brilliant, Michael. And so great to see the glorious Ivor Novello on the big screen.

Really enjoyed introducing ‘The Lodger’ at @TurnerSims last night for @SotonFilmWeek. Great to see a large audience enjoying silent film brought to life by brilliant live music. (And any excuse to see Ivor Novello on the big screen..)

Booked for a screening of The Lodger introduced by @MTWSoton at @TurnerSims during @SotonFilmWeek 🌟 The screening will feature live musical accompaniment from @YorkshireSilent musicians. Book here: turnersims.co.uk/events/hitchco…

@stinaface Congratulations!

I took a brief break from Twitter and emails to get married and go on honeymoon and it was GLORIOUS. (I'd forgotten what a proper break felt like...) See below for the view for most of the previous week:

Today is IDAHOBIT - International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia & Transphobia 🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 💜 We raised our rainbow flag on campus to raise awareness of the discrimination LGBTQIA+ community experience and to show our support for inclusivity. #IDAHOBIT