Monday, 4 June 2018

The Cynical Spin-Doctoring behind the British Museum's Rodin Exhibition

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I’m pleased by Jeremy Corbyn’s announcement that he supports the reunification of the Parthenon Marbles in their rightful Athenian home. ...
Sunday, 13 May 2018

The Jumping Frog: A Shocking Tale of Scholarly Plagiarism

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I’ve been waiting for May 13, Jumping Frog Day, to roll round, so keen am I to relate a dastardly tale of plagiarism by a renowned teac...
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Saturday, 12 May 2018

Campaigning for People's Classics: Interim Report

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It is exactly a year since work began on ACE , the project I’ve been funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council to lead, encoura...
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 ...