This week I’ve been saying a final goodbye to an old friend: A330. Those of you who’ve studied with the OU will probably know what I mean – we all talk in codes and acronyms here! For everyone else… A330 (also known as ‘Myth in the Greek and Roman Worlds‘) is a 60-credit Level 3 … More Weekend Reading: Requiem for A330
It’s been an interesting week in the news. Cambridge classicist David Butterfield made the headlines in the Times and the Daily Mail for claims that he (along with others, presumably) has been labelled as a white supremacist for studying and teaching Classics. He expanded upon those ideas in an article he wrote for the online … More Weekend Reading: Dangerous Books
It feels like a long time since I’ve been able to write for this blog. I’ve missed it – and not just because I keep having to apologise to people for not keeping up with it! For me it’s a reference point: I use these posts to record things that I might want to mention … More Weekend Reading: Summer is Coming
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