Friday, 3 June 2022

What's the Point of Universities (e.g. Roehampton)?

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  On Wednesday I spoke as a ‘specialist witness’ (20 minutes in) on the BBC Radio 4 The Moral Maze , which was asking What is the Point of  ...
Sunday, 27 March 2022

Why Aristotle on Friendship Matters on Mother's Day

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  I'm still sad after nearly six years that I have nobody to send flowers to on Mother's Day. My mother, an outstanding gardener and...
Saturday, 26 February 2022

The Founding Mother of Ukrainian Literature's rousing Identification with Iphigenia

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To mark the gravity of current horrors unfolding, a longer blog than usual, on Lesya Ukrainka (1871-1913), the founding mother of Ukrainian ...
Sunday, 16 January 2022

Boris Johnson, Tragedy and the Goat-Song

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Of his multiple crimes against the electorate, truth and humanity, it’s hardly the most serious, but I resent that Boris Johnson has brought...
Saturday, 23 October 2021

Remembering Who I am in Padua

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  After an unpleasant academic year 2020-2021, my sanity has finally been restored this week by my first ever visit to Padua (a solo journey...
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Thursday, 14 October 2021

On Being UnStoic in Zeno's Cypriot Birthplace

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  My Favourite Paphos Mosaic: Ikarios Invents Wine Regular readers will know that I am neither temperamentally nor philosophically impressed...
Sunday, 3 October 2021

Plutarch's Ten Top Tips for Freshers' Week

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When Plutarch’s young friend Nicander started university, the writer sent him a treatise with advice on how to listen to lectures,  De recta...