I had a great retirement dinner at Newnham College tonight. And thanks to @Twitter for adding to the presents!

Today is my last day working for Cambridge University after 38 years. How shall I fill my time?? (That’s a joke before anyone helpfully sends suggestions.)

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The realest tweet I’ll see tonight 🤷🏾‍♂️ …I’m the guy with the locs

Call for Papers: The 12th Annual Cambridge Postgraduate Conference in Ancient Philosophy

Medal time!

Final Jeopardy made some choices tonight.

“The humanities are not a vanity project that we only support when the going is good!” Delighted to see the wonderful Dame Mary Beard mary beard recognised for the Outstanding Achievement Award at the Times Higher Education Awards 2022. #THEAwards ⁦Cambridge University⁩

The end of the evening. So nice to see you ⁦John Moss⁩ mx

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It took me a year and half, an expert or three, 1st-year registration, a social media break, and bouts with ‘imposter syndrome’ to say this: I’m writing my thesis on Homer’s Cyclops. I want to see what Plato thinks about that. Thanks Profs James Warren mary beard Richard Hunter

Nerdiest thing I do (I suppose)? I make my favourite coffee, get my favourite slippers, set mood lighting, and light an incense…when I know a bibliography is going to be good… 🎭

I just finished a footnote that made made me tired as a — …I can’t even finish a simple analogy. #DonewithnoPHinfront

I’ve resolved to ‘get on with it’, and to contextualise my first-world/Uptown ‘problems’. ‘What a beautiful life I have; I only wish I’d realised it sooner.’ …we all need each other; and we’re each unavailable when we’re self-absorbed.

#AcademicTwitter Last year of your PhD! #phdvoice #phdchat

The Basel Fellowships in Latin Literature are back — offering fully gunded research stays of 3 months University of Basel. The Call for applications will be launched imminently: tinyurl.com/bddb5vye

I presented a reading of Homer and Plato last week in a caucus which included a high concentration of some of the brightest people I’ve known — and I wasn’t laughed out of the room!!! …it was a good week 🤓

Writing theses at Classics@Cambridge w/Richard Hunter has been the most fulfilling moment of my life thus far; I’ve ‘filled full’ that 13-yrs-old inside: ‘protect and defend [your dreams] against all enemies foreign and domestic’; they’re yours to make reality. @Twhittermarsh James Warren

John Moss Classics@Cambridge @Twhittermarsh James Warren Richard Hunter was my Director of Studies about a thousand years ago. So lovely to read of someone else enjoying his expertise. 😊