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I’ve been finding the internet a bit depressing lately. In my weekly round-up of Classics-related blog-posts, I’m seeing a growing obsession with what Classics is,…
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As most readers of this website know, I teach on an undergraduate distance-learning myth module, and have done for many years. It’s a great course:…
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This week’s been a busy one, with all kinds of classical stuff (both serious and silly) going on. On Wednesday it was International Lego Classicism…
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On Wednesday it’s time for the joyful annual celebration of worldwide classical silliness that is International Lego Classicism Day, across social media. So…
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This week it was my son’s parent’s evening: always a nervous time for the parent of a trainee tyrant. It started me thinking: what would…
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Well, it’s snowing here in South Shields. Not as much as it is in some parts of the world, true: but enough for me to…
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Recently I’ve been reading and watching the Harry Potter series. Actually, that’s the understatement of the year. If you’ve ever lived with an obsessive seven-year-old, you’ll know…
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I couldn’t help noticing that a lot of this week’s news stories have been referring to a ‘new Indiana Jones’. Strangely, though, they’re not all…
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This week I’ve been telling Homeric bedtime stories to my little boy, and the strain is starting to get to me. Bedtime for us has…
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Classical Studies Support is back from a Christmas break – which somehow managed to be more tiring than work – and resuming the regular Weekend…
