In here you’ll find the Archives: past articles written for your entertainment by current students, recent graduates and academics. You’ll also find links to blogs and books written by current and former students, and a collection of my YouTube videos. Browse and enjoy – but keep the noise down!
Weekly news and links
Weekend Reading Archive: click here for a page of archived links and over two years’ worth of weekly posts!
Comfort Classics
Interviews with nearly a hundred Classics enthusiasts, all sharing happy thoughts about the ancient world.
Opportunities, exhibitions and shows
The Gods According To Stephen Fry, by Cora Beth Knowles
Visiting the Mithraeum, by Klara Hegedus
A Dream Placement in Pompeii, by Frances Breen
Encountering Ashurbanipal, by Klara Hegedus
Postgraduate Loans: Spreading the Word, by Cora Beth Knowles
What’s Next? Try Publishing, by Cora Beth Knowles
Entering the Kassman Competition, by David Coplowe, Ian Ramskill and Sandy Buckel
Booking for the Summer, by Cora Beth Knowles
Footprints in the Forum: The British School at Rome, by Frances Breen
(Congratulations to Frances, whose article was featured in the OU Students Magazine, Spring 2018.)
Undergraduate Awards, by Richard Moon
Destinations for the Wandering Classicist
Brading Roman Villa, by Pam Herbert
A Library in Greece, by Liz Drummond
Roman Holiday, by Klara Hegedus
The Wandering Classicist’s Guide to Paris, by Emily Peacock
Lego Fun
Children of the Labyrinth (International Lego Classicism Day 2023)
Antenociticus the Geordie God (International Lego Classicism Day 2022)
The Ballad of Robert Blair (International Lego Classicism Day 2021)
A Pleasant Tragedy (International Lego Classicism Day 2020)
The Barateid (International Lego Classicism Day 2019)
New Year, New Me! (Joining the Lego Classicist Family)
Study Skills
Plagiarism and Poison, by Cora Beth Knowles
MA Dissertation Advice, by Jack Lambert
Participation – a Tutor Manifesto, by Cora Beth Knowles
Participatory Inclusivity, by Steven Havelin
Hide, or Fight? Dealing with Disappointment, by Cora Beth Knowles
What is an abstract and how do I write one? by Cora Beth Knowles
The Exam Appreciation Society by Cora Beth Knowles
“What should I write about?” by Cora Beth Knowles
Who’s Afraid of Wikipedia? by Cora Beth Knowles
How to get from B to A, by Cora Beth Knowles
Referencing: Respect the Elephant! by Cora Beth Knowles
On writing an EMA, by Cora Beth Knowles
Time Management! by Caroline Townsend
Studied Resilience – being an adaptable student by Delius Singer
‘My toddler ate my homework’ by Lilah-Grace Canevaro
Classical musings
Christmas Concatenations, by Steven Havelin
Classical Pottering, by Cora Beth Knowles
Discovering Ultima Thule, by Cora Beth Knowles
Spinning the Wheel of Fortune, by Cora Beth Knowles
The Wisdom of Playmobil, by Cora Beth Knowles
Hawking’s Prometheus, by Cora Beth Knowles
The Joys of Reception, by Cora Beth Knowles
Snow falls…, by Cora Beth Knowles
Lessons from a Spartan Ostrich, by Cora Beth Knowles
Holding on to Hylas, by Cora Beth Knowles
Weird Classics, by Cora Beth Knowles
The Impossible Library, by Cora Beth Knowles
‘Tis the Season – to Sing in Latin! by Cora Beth Knowles
Ode to the Self-taught Latinist, by Cora Beth Knowles
OU Classics: a Voyage of Surprises, by Sarah Burke
‘Abattre les Cloisons’ (Break down the compartments), by Damian Rudge
Nero- Arsonist and Fiddler? by David Coplowe
Roman Attitudes to Jews and Christians in the 1st Century AD, by David Coplowe
The relevance of The Classics in the modern day, by Damian Rudge
I blog therefore I am? by Cora Beth Knowles
Tacitus Who? by Cora Beth Knowles
Classics was my Chrysalis, by Steve Havelin
Talking about books
Women of Substance in Homeric Epic, by Lilah Grace Canevaro
Review: Forward with Classics, by Steven Havelin
Review: ATALANTA, by Jennifer Saint, by Cora Beth Fraser
Review: THE SHADOW OF PERSEUS by Claire Heywood, by Cora Beth Fraser
Review: SAVAGE BEASTS by Rani Selvarajah, by Cora Beth Fraser
Review: THE CASSANDRA COMPLEX by Holly Smale, by Cora Beth Fraser
Student life
Me, Myself and I, by Cora Beth Knowles
Baby Brain to PhD, by Rhian Williams
MA? PhD? When the writing gets tough…, by Steven Havelin
A Day Out in Milton Keynes, by Pauline Robinson
A Degree for Free: Can it be Done? by Cora Beth Knowles
A Classic in More Ways than One, by Cora Beth Knowles
Black Friday Anti-Shopping, by Cora Beth Knowles
Carrying a Heavy Load: a disabled student’s story, by Gracchus
Should I do a PhD? or… Name? Occupation? Specialist subject? by Cora Beth Knowles
Becoming a Study Addict, by Cora Beth Knowles
The Mature Student… a title at war with itself, by Denise Fraser
Exams and the Mature Student, by Denise Fraser
Podcasts
Introducing A330:
Introducing A863:
A864 – describing the Dissertation process:
Video Library
Videos created by me, with varying levels of clumsiness!
And me in a Starring Role (I filmed this by myself during lockdown, which was an interesting experience…!):
The Blog Corner
Here are some blogs by current and former students in my groups. Click and enjoy!
The Writers’ Corner
Here you’ll find published work by current and past students. The links will take you to Amazon, where you can read a bit more about these books and their authors.
Ceci Jenkinson
David Tallach
Max Passler
Classical Studies Support 