Saturday, 30 November 2019

How To Virtue-Signal Like a Roman

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This week in the peerless Aeon magazine there is a fine philosophical essay by Neil Levy on Virtue Signalling. This form of behaviour, i...
Tuesday, 19 November 2019

Troy in Nicosia:The Women's War

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History was made on Sunday 17 November 2019 in Nicosia, Cyprus. The story of the fall of Troy was heard in the National Theatre entirely ...
Wednesday, 6 November 2019

10 Tips for Aspiring Academics Learned Since 1989

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The night the Berlin Wall came down the astonishing scenes on TV inspired me to make two life-changing decisions. I left my first husba...
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Sunday, 13 October 2019

Slave Revolts and Civic Honours in Sicily

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You have nothing to lose The first individual name classicists can attach to the leader of a slave revolt is not Spartacus but ENNUS ...
Sunday, 6 October 2019

When Karl met Lucius Annaeus: Seneca & Marx in Vienna

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Claudia Bosse I was set an essay this week by Claudia Bosse, a brilliant Vienna-based theatre director with whom I worked a decade ag...
Saturday, 21 September 2019

Why We Need Pro Bono University Extension Classes Again

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Greek Alive and Well on the Strand! This week I kicked off my weekly A-Level Greek classes for adults, free.  I'm tenured, with a...
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Saturday, 14 September 2019

Of Mice, Men, and Classical Time

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Greek mouse-shaped baby-feeder decorated with a hippocamp My office at King’s College London is in an elderly wing often compared to ...