I hope you’ve all had a good week! Round here it’s all been pretty chaotic, which is the norm for the final week of September, when new students are being allocated and MA students from the year before are submitting their dissertations. The overlap makes life interesting for tutors, I suppose – although I’d happily … More Weekend Reading: Entering ClassicsTober
Technically I’m not back at work for another week (apart from finishing dissertation supervisions). I don’t really get paid for working in September. So it’s always a little odd when I find myself sitting at my computer all day, answering emails and sorting out problems, and late into the night too. Maybe I should draw … More Weekend Reading: Old Friends and New
I hope you’ve all had a great summer! This is, I think, the longest break I’ve had from this website since I started doing weekly posts three years ago. It’s been good to cut down on the pressure, in a way – but I’ve also missed it! Having to prepare a weekly post keeps me … More New Beginnings and Clean Slates
I was looking back over my archive of Weekend Reading posts (which is here, although I haven’t updated it for months!) and realised that I’ve been managing a weekly post with only a couple of gaps – for Christmas and other big occasions – for three years now. It’s time for a break. I’m not … More Summer Invitations
I was trying to find something interesting to say this week – but honestly people, I’ve got nothing! I was hoping to wind down from work a bit this week, now that most of the marking is done and the exams are out of the way – but extras keep coming out of the woodwork. … More Weekend Reading: Too Many Moles
This week I’m thinking about the Minotaur. Actually it’s gone beyond that. I’ve started dreaming about the Minotaur, thanks to reading lots of Minotaur books before bed. I can’t say that this is a thing that ever happened when I was researching Tacitus or Horace, and it’s not a development I’m particularly enjoying. This Minotaur … More Weekend Reading: Into the Labyrinth
It’s been a long week, and once again I’ll be working right through the weekend just to keep up – so today I don’t have any weekend reading links for you, and will refer you to the much more thorough job done by Rogue Classicist’s daily Thelxinoe posts! I’m swamped because it’s the end of … More Weekend Reading: Congratulations and Competitions
I haven’t really been looking forward to writing this post, because it’s been a rough week on the internet and I prefer to stay out of trouble. But this time it’s a bit close to home, and people have been asking me for my views. So here goes. Seatbelts on, everyone: I’m about to express … More Weekend Reading: Venturing Opinions
Today the sun has finally come out. And at the exact same time a fresh pile of marking has appeared. It’s always the way. The best thing about this week is that I’ve seen two groups of students submit their final assessments for their modules. For some, that was the last piece of work for … More Weekend Reading: Sunshine and Shopping
It’s fair to say that I’m not much of a political animal. It’s not that I’m not interested in politics; it’s more that I have a tremendous dislike of politicians, and a built-in distrust of political parties. I don’t even feel disappointed when something awful happens, because I don’t expect any better. Maybe I spent … More Weekend Reading: Archaeology in Trouble
