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  • Pretty much every year, at around this time, I advertise the JACT Durham Greek and Latin Summer School – so this post will come as…

  • Image of a lighted book nook on a book shelf.

    Happy #ILCD10 to all who celebrate (and that includes me)! This year marks the 10th anniversary of the annual February mood-lightening event that is International…

  • Circular logo with text reading 'fraut'

    You may have noticed that I haven’t been around much this year. I used to post on this blog every week, but now I post…

  • Katabasis ClassicsTober graphics

    It’s that time again, when people across social media, from all over the world, spend a month posting Classics Stuff in response to the #ClassicsTober…

  • Cover of You are Odysseus on a matching background.

    Last week I was thrilled to receive an advance copy of a book I’ve been looking forward to for years – and I’m glad to…

  • For anyone who might be interested/available, I thought I’d let you know that I’m giving a talk in Leeds tomorrow (Thurs 6th March) at 5pm…

  • Those of you who’ve been following my blog for a while will know that I don’t need much of an excuse to break out the…

  • It’s rare for me to go somewhere to give a talk.  It’s not that I don’t want to. It’s just that my routine-driven autistic brain…

  • Those of you who’ve been reading my website for a long time will know that I always like to advertise summer schools. They’re not ideal…

  • Confession: I’m not much of a regular podcast listener. It’s not because I don’t want to be. In fact I have a LONG list of…