This week I featured (that’s a fancy way of saying ‘popped up very briefly’) in a video celebrating the OU’s graduating Class of 2020, along with many fabulous OU-connected people including Lenny Henry, Prue Leith and the wonderful Mary Beard. Here’s the full video if you want to take a look – it’s rather lovely. … More Weekend Reading: Welcoming New Friends

Some happy thoughts for you today – because it’s been a LONG week, and I’d like to focus on some positive things to balance out the doom and gloom! The WCC-SCS Classics Auction has been storming along this week, and ends tonight. My own little contribution to the auction (a bespoke bookplate design for the … More Weekend Reading: Positive Thoughts

(Before I start this post, I would just like to mention that my website controls have been altered by WordPress to the New Editor which they have been threatening me with for months, and which is supposed to Make Things Easier. This means that I don’t know where anything is, or what any of the … More Weekend Reading: Making Preparations

  The world is in a state of upheaval at the moment, and we’re all looking for things to make us feel less anxious. Maybe Classics can help.       Today’s interview is with Joshua Kinlaw       Is there a source from the ancient world that you find yourself coming back to … More Comfort Classics: Joshua Kinlaw

  The world is in a state of upheaval at the moment, and we’re all looking for things to make us feel less anxious. Maybe Classics can help.       Today’s interview is with Jennifer Gane         Is there a source from the ancient world that you find yourself coming back … More Comfort Classics: Jennifer Gane

By Pam Herbert       Just over three months ago on 1st May, when the Covid-19 lockdown was well established, one of the links in the Classical Studies Support weekly roundup of internet links announced that Brading Roman villa was financially struggling. Well, the good news is that at the start of August, the … More Visiting Brading Roman Villa

Only a short post this week, as promised, because I’ve spent a fair chunk of the last week eating chocolate and playing with Playmobil, and the cats are demanding that I return to my spot on the sofa. But I thought I’d take a few moments to introduce you to one of my favourite birthday … More Weekend Reading: Morris and Horace

  The world is in a state of upheaval at the moment, and we’re all looking for things to make us feel less anxious. Maybe Classics can help.     Today’s interview is with George Cornelius       Is there a source from the ancient world that you find yourself coming back to when … More Comfort Classics: George Cornelius

  The world is in a state of upheaval at the moment, and we’re all looking for things to make us feel less anxious. Maybe Classics can help.       Today’s interview is with Emily Hauser       Is there a source from the ancient world  that you find yourself coming back to … More Comfort Classics: Emily Hauser

  The world is in a state of upheaval at the moment, and we’re all looking for things to make us feel less anxious. Maybe Classics can help.       Today’s interview is with Danny Bate       Is there a source from the ancient world that you find yourself coming back to … More Comfort Classics: Danny Bate