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M Alzamora
- Sep 20
- 4 min
Hozier Meets Euterpe
M Alzamora has a closer look at the latest Hozier album - and finds mythology!
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Tyler Smith
- Jul 31
- 4 min
The Neoclassical country house: A Working Classicist’s nightmare?
Tyler Smith has some grave reservations about our country house museums - as well he might!
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Megha Mazumdar
- Feb 24
- 6 min
A Knighted Woman? Reading Marie de France’s Lais
In a wee excursion from the Classical, Megha Mazumdar has a look at an exceptional woman and extraordinary poet.
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Riley Gombis
- Feb 10
- 4 min
Diogenes: Let's Get Cynical
For anyone witness to the delightful proliferation of online meme pages dedicated to Classical Studies, Diogenes is a familiar face....
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Working Classicist Admin
- Jul 23, 2022
- 2 min
Meanders: LJ Trafford
Another in our series of people with a love and background in Classics who chose to go another route.
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Isabel Hood
- Jul 21, 2022
- 5 min
Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology Short Courses
Short Courses are invaluable to the survival of our subjects, and Isabel Hood has some distressing news on that front.
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Zara Amer Naveed
- Jul 9, 2022
- 3 min
Meanders: Zara Naveed
In the first of a new series, we hear from a Classics enthusiast who did NOT go on to academic study, yet continues to love the subject.
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Alexandra Sills
- Jun 17, 2022
- 2 min
Eating Rome: Apicius’ Sauce for Lobster Tails
The latest in Alexandra Sills' exploration of Roman cuisine is the sauce your fish and chips has been waiting for...
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Alexandra Sills
- Jun 10, 2022
- 2 min
Eating Rome
Alexandra Sills introduces a new and delicious series of ancient recipes. Stuff your napkin into your collar and tuck in!
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Alexandra Sills
- Jun 10, 2022
- 4 min
Eating Rome: Hypotrimma
In the first of her Eating Rome series, Alexandra Sills takes you through a rather moreish dip...
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Jasmine Elmer
- Mar 19, 2022
- 3 min
The Good Fight
Jasmine Elmer runs an eye over the state of Classics in English and Welsh state schools.
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Cora Beth Fraser
- Feb 18, 2022
- 4 min
Taking a Name
A familiar tombstone to Classicists has particular resonance to @drcorabeth
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Samantha Sharman
- Oct 29, 2021
- 2 min
The Issue is Pretending There's No Issue
One academic's experience of impostor syndrome, and how we might address this crushing psychological barrier.
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Frances Forbes-Carbines
- Oct 15, 2021
- 3 min
Resting on his laurels
Boris Johnson’s antics have damaged the reputation of Classics: here’s how we win it back!
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Danielle Bisset
- Oct 1, 2021
- 3 min
Does Classics Need to Age Down to Grow Up?
We need to platform younger voices in the discipline if we are to encourage and foster greater participation.
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Working Classicist Admin
- Sep 3, 2021
- 4 min
Ancient Solutions for Modern Problems
This year I decided to bite the bullet and become a dually qualified teacher of Classical Studies, having the absolute pleasure of...
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Working Classicist Admin
- Aug 27, 2021
- 4 min
Snob Values
In July we tweeted: The responses we received were depressing and in some cases genuinely life-changing for the worse. While it is...
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