It’s been Quite A Week, with ups and downs and chaos and school and work and drama and headaches and various signs of trouble ahead. So my links this week are fairly sparse, because I haven’t had the time to lurk around the internet with my usual procrastinative energy. There have been some bright spots … More Weekend Reading: Shiny New Things

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 Madeleine Chawner Is there a source from the ancient world that you find yourself coming back to when you want to feel better? Mythology … More Comfort Classics: Madeleine Chawner

Yes, it’s another post about books. Sorry! Yesterday was World Book Day, bringing with it the annual challenge of coming up with a costume for a costume-hating child. Every year we end up with a variant of ‘normal clothes’: George from George’s Marvellous Medicine (normal clothes: big spoon); Harry Potter pre-Hogwarts (normal clothes: plastic glasses); … More Weekend Reading: Being Bookish

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 Jeremy J. Swist Is there a source from the ancient world that you find yourself coming back to when you want to feel better? … More Comfort Classics: Jeremy J. Swist

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 Karl Anthony Mercer Is there a source from the ancient world that you find yourself coming back to when you want to feel better? … More Comfort Classics: Karl Anthony Mercer

I’ll start this week’s post by apologising for missing last week! As you’ll know if you receive regular updates from this blog, last week was International Lego Classicism Day, so preparing for that kept me pretty busy (and of course I’ve been standing on rogue Lego bricks ever since!). Quite apart from the building, photographing … More Weekend Reading: A Broader View

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 Carl Graves Is there a source from the ancient world that you find yourself coming back to when you want to feel better? One … More Comfort Classics: Carl Graves

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 Shana Zaia Is there a source from the ancient world that you find yourself coming back to when you want to feel better? Well, … More Comfort Classics: Shana Zaia

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 Louise O’Brien Is there a source from the ancient world that you find yourself coming back to when you want to feel better? Bes … More Comfort Classics: Louise O’Brien

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 Alexandra Sills Is there a source from the ancient world that you find yourself coming back to when you want to feel better? It’s … More Comfort Classics: Alexandra Sills