Friday, 24 June 2016

A Classicist Hero of European Ireland

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Prof Bob Mitchell Henry In my entire research life, the biggest ever thrill took place in Queen’s University Belfast a month ago. Prep...
Saturday, 18 June 2016

WHEN XENOPHOBIA ISN'T A STRONG ENOUGH WORD

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Horace The Latin poet Horace said that the Britons were hostile towards strangers ( Britannos hospitibus feros , Ode 3.4). Yesterday, ...
Saturday, 11 June 2016

DECLARATION OF WAR ON MOSQUITOES OF GREECE

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This is me at 0930 on Friday morning in Patras, due to kick off a pioneering international conference on Classical Reception and the Hum...
Sunday, 5 June 2016

New Arguments for Reuniting the Parthenon Sculptures

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South Frieze Block III.8-9 pre-crowbar Two hundred years ago this week the British House of Commons voted to buy the exquisite sculptu...
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Thursday, 26 May 2016

Another Non-Tomb of Aristotle

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The tomb in Stageira causing a fuss Call me a cynic, but has archaeologist Kostas Sismanidis really found a single shred of evidence t...
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Friday, 20 May 2016

Using Classics to Oil Corporate Wheels

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Fiennes' Oedipus, sponsored by Shell What is it with enormous oil companies and the sponsorship of classics-themed cultural activi...
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Saturday, 14 May 2016

Cheiron the Centaur for Minister of Education!

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Cheiron teaches Jason the lyre A Warsaw conference on mythical beasts allowed me to celebrate the centaur Cheiron. Where other centau...
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