Saturday, 5 May 2018

What Marx Learned from Boyhood in Roman Trier

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Despite failing to persuade my Tory fellow villagers in Cambridgeshire to elect me Labour Councillor this week, I remain persuaded that t...
Saturday, 17 March 2018

Why THIS Elderly Classics Prof. IS on Strike

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The phrase 'I’M ALRIGHT JACK' has been boring a channel between my ears ever since the University and College Union, of which I...
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Sunday, 11 March 2018

How Ancient Greek Men Appropriated the Drama of Childbirth

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Satyr carrying baby in an ancient play As my sister Nicky’s daughter has just become a mother, I am delighted this Mother’s Day to h...
Sunday, 25 February 2018

Classics and Strike Action Ancient and Modern

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Rameses III: forced to negotiate Should a classics prof. publish her blog when going on strike ? Why not? Blogging is not an activity ...
Friday, 2 February 2018

Why the Latest Trendy Theory in Classics is Crypto-Reactionary

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Official Gospel of 'New Materialism' I’m at Northwestern Uni, Illinois, where I’ve been asked to address the Latest Trendy Thi...
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Sunday, 28 January 2018

Genealogy of the Divisive Tyrant

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It’s been week of the unaccountable autocrats. I gave my second lecture as Gresham Visiting Professor in Classics, on Sappho, viewable ...
Sunday, 7 January 2018

The One Circumstance where Prison really is Necessary

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The vacation meant that I finally had time to catch up on the Prison Reform Trust’s admirable   Bromley Briefings Prison Factfile  for Au...