Wednesday, 10 August 2022

On Vindication and Robert the Bruce's Spider

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What a difference a month can make! A year ago I was in the greatest pickle of my working life.   Fortunately, the visionary Head of Classic...
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Saturday, 30 July 2022

On (Briefly) Returning to KCL and Supervisory Best Practice

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Weird event of the week was attending a King's College London graduation day at the magnificent Royal Festival Hall. Having left this ...
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Sunday, 17 July 2022

Ancestral Suicide, the Ancient Greeks, and Me.

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Edwardian Dunbar I've needed for some time to find out more about my mother's family. She died in 2016, but had refused to talk much...
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Thursday, 30 June 2022

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For once I’m speechless. It’s Thursday lunchtime and in the last 330 hours I have talked publicly about 7 different ancient Greek topics and...
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Saturday, 11 June 2022

(Not) A Postcard from 7-Gated Thebes

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Thebes in Greek tragedy comes over as a deeply provincial if prosperous inland city, far from the sea, run by a couple of reactionary elite ...
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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...