Sunday, 25 September 2016

Ideas of SUCCESS ancient and modern

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BERGER  MUGGERIDGE I find myself stumped as to what to say about ‘ideas of  success in antiquity’  on live radio next Wednesd...
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Thursday, 15 September 2016

Diatribe on Democracy

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It’s ‘International Day of Democracy’ (15 September). So I have just written my forthcoming review for History Today of Paul Cartledge’s ...
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Saturday, 10 September 2016

Gods Behaving Badly; or Revenge of the ParOlympian

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Cambridgeshire hero Peacock My jaw hit the ground watching local Cambridgeshire hero Jonnie Peacock yesterday win gold in Rio by runn...
Monday, 5 September 2016

A Neglected Source for 'Tis Pity She's a Whore

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The Most Shocking Tragedy? You can still get a ticket for Lazarus’ Theatre’s flamboyant production of John Ford’s ’ Tis Pity she’s...
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Sunday, 28 August 2016

DOGHEADED MEN ANCIENT & MODERN

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Detail of Sculpture, Sofia National Archaeological Museum A Bulgarian field trip for a book on theatre around the ancient Black Sea re...
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Sunday, 14 August 2016

Olympian (not Olympic) Cycling

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von Drais's Non-BIKE  Daft diversion this week has been wondering what bikes the Olympian gods would have ridden if the ancient Gr...
Sunday, 7 August 2016

Women v. Rape in Ancient Amphissa

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A trip several miles upcountry to Amphissa, mountainous administrative centre of the low-tourist patch of Greece where I am hiding, allowe...