Saturday, 12 September 2026

What a Difference a Voice Makes: Andy Burnham and Paul Cartledge's Pericles

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  A few weeks into his premiership, and Andy Burnham is already pleasing some and annoying others. But as someone with acoustic hyper-phonos...
Tuesday, 8 September 2026

My New Book, Medea: A Life

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  Today marks the publication of my new book, Medea: A Life . When Heather Gold at Yale University Press first invited me to write a biograp...
Wednesday, 19 August 2026

Remembering my Friend Pat Easterling

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  Yesterday Pat Easterling, the professional mother figure to many scholars of ancient Greek, died at the age of 92. She was not my PhD supe...
Saturday, 7 February 2026

Ancient Ideas and Modern Life Skills in UK Prisons

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Around 100,000 individuals in the UK are serving prison sentences. Some have access to training in skills to help them find employment on re...
Sunday, 1 June 2025

Teaching Ancient Ethics in English Prisons: An Update

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  Tonight I’m driving with my colleague in all things, Professor Arlene Holmes-Henderson , to teach for a week in a prison, our PhD student ...
Sunday, 20 April 2025

Review of Dan Mendelsohn's Translation of the ODYSSEY

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  Homer’s Odyssey is the most familiar work of ancient literature besides Aesop’s Fables. It has been translated into most world languages a...
Saturday, 12 April 2025

Preserving Democracy & Resisting Tyranny with Aristotle

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Friends, especially Americans, and people I’ve encountered recently are all asking the same question: when democracy, free speech, truthful ...