Sunday, 25 February 2024

1772: James Somerset versus Aristotle

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  I’m leading a project exploring the ubiquity of Aristotle outside the Academy. He has often been mobilised in progressive causes, but not...
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Tuesday, 19 December 2023

Nine Questions for the British Library's Chief Executive

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  Seven weeks after the British Library was afflicted by a ransomware cyber-attack, its chief executive, Sir Roly Keating, has belatedly iss...
Thursday, 8 June 2023

Goodbye to My Father, Man of God

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  Like Shakespeare, Raphael and Ingrid Bergman, my father, the Reverend Professor Stuart George Hall, died yesterday on his birthday, 7 June...
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Monday, 8 May 2023

Text of TLS Review of 2 Books on 2 Cleopatras

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  CLEOPATRA’S DAUGHTER Egyptian princess, Roman prisoner, African Queen Jane Draycott ( 336pp. Bloomsbury. £27.99).   CLEOPATRA He...
Saturday, 18 March 2023

The Mystery of Greek Theatre's Use in Ancient Medicine

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  The Ancient Theatre of Epidauros One of the reasons I’m so thrilled to be leading a retreat, with an initiative called Travelgems, in th...
Sunday, 22 January 2023

Good Times A-coming: Join me in Greece?

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  Last time I blogged I was entering an unpleasant period of medical treatment, but I’m thrilled to say that I’m nearly through and have bee...
Sunday, 27 November 2022

Finding the Argo, Medea and Alcestis: Adventures in Thessaly

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  I’ve just ticked off a crucial item on my bucket list by touring Thessaly, and identifying key places in Greek mythology. I’m in a break b...
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