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When you go on a whim to the tiny museum in Saffron Walden, find a Greek vase with the worst haircut in Greek ceramic history, and are told the SOLE interesting Roman object on its website, this gladiator, is IN STORAGE. Have they not heard of Ridley Scott? Wake up Curators!!!

Another choose the cover. I assume the Getty credit will disappear. I like the lettering on the green one and the water-clock (which is the whole point) is clearer on that one. But the white one has better clarity on the humans. Thoughts? The hive mind here is always right!

Chaired a truly brilliant talk by Matthew Kilburn on socialist author, populariser of Roman British History, independent North Eastern publisher and all-round people’s hero Frank Graham at Durham tonight. Durham Classics and Ancient History

Announcement of the annual congress of Euroclassica in Sofia, Bulgaria: aaduce.wordpress.com/2025/03/13/eur… The Classical Association Classics for All StevenHuntClassics Cnarela SEEC Christian Laes

Classical Association Conference 2025. 🗓11-13 July 📍St Andrews Registration is open! 👉ca2025.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/registration-i… #CA2025 is hosted by St Andrews Classics at University of St Andrews, in partnership with The Classical Association and Classical Association of Scotland. #Conference #AllWelcome #ClassicsTwitter

It's publication day! £18.99. I'll be recording the audiobook soon. Here's one of the images, showing wanton consumption of timber to make a point at a funeral. yalebooks.co.uk/book/978030027…

On #WorldSparrowDay, a mosaic from Italica north of Seville and a fresco from Oplontis, Campania. It's also the birthday of the poet of Ovid, inconveniently not the Roman poet who did write a poem about a sparrow--Catullus.

Another image from my book published yesterday. When Achilles destroys the trees and plants on the bank of the Scamander, the river god summons another, Simois, to help defend his ecosystem from the rampaging human yalebooks.co.uk/book/978030027…

A very enjoyable evening with @edithmayhall and the The Classical Association! Thank you for the thoughtful discussion of the bio-political subconscious of the epic tradition - I can't wait to read more in my signed copy!

We're hosting a FREE CPD day at Leicester University on 18 June for KS3-KS5 teachers of Classical Civilisation. A limited number of travel bursaries are available for state school teachers. See here for further information and to register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Moslem Aristotle, Marxist Aristotle, AIristotle, Boristotle! What an amazing conference our Leverhulme Aristotle Beyond the Academy held this week. I’m still buzzing. Book to come! Aristotle Beyond the Academy How Aristotle Writes The Leverhulme Trust Durham Classics and Ancient History Professor Arlene Holmes-Henderson MBE

Uni of Birmingham & CAHA UoB are celebrating 125 years! Join us to hear about the department's history, personal experiences of studying #Classics in the West Midlands, and an evening talk from Prof Alice Roberts💙! Everyone is welcome! Classics for All The Classical Association BM Classical Assoc.

My review of Jennifer Roberts’ great new book in this week’s TLS

Pleased to find that "Facing down the Furies" is recommended by medics dealing with depressed and suicidal patients bjgplife.com/facing-down-th…… Durham Classics and Ancient History

In this edition of In Our Time , Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss The Gracchi. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Arlene and Edith are two powerhouses of classics, especially bringing it to people who haven’t previously had access to it. This is an incredible project of theirs - I’m thrilled it’s going so well! theguardian.com/society/2025/a…

Great to see the excellent work of Durham Classics and Ancient History professors @edithmayhall & Professor Arlene Holmes-Henderson MBE highlighted in the The Guardian. Read how they're helping prison learners use ancient philosophical wisdom to inform contemporary life: 👉 brnw.ch/21wS0ED #TransformativeHumanities

CELEBRATE the work of the UK's #classics teaching community by nominating an individual or project for The Classical Association's annual #TeachingAwards: 🏆➡️ cup.org/4h1GQnO Deadline 2 May 2025. #classicalstudies

An early draft of my paywalled review in the Telegraph of Dan Mendelsohn's translation of the Odyssey: edithorial.blogspot.com/2025/04/review…

Numbers in Greek myth! Looking forward to having more fun conversations like this at Hay Festival this year (plus cake, and bookshops!) ☀️🎪 Who else is coming? Tickets here: hayfestival.com/p-23458-natali…