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Writer, reporter by day.
By night: chess, ancient history, archaeology and Roman literature.
All other times, asleep.
Yup
August 20, 2024 at 11:02 PM
Or the old saw about the academic who spent his career arguing that Homer was not responsible for The Iliad and that credit should go to another ancient writer also called Homer.
March 6, 2024 at 11:27 PM
I always thought it would be semiotics. You say potato…
March 6, 2024 at 11:14 PM
1. Livy’s debt to Plautus.
2. Epigraphy and epigram
3. Catullus 64 as satire
4. The Najdorf Sicilian
5. Why the Welsh Government is as much use as a chocolate fireguard.
February 3, 2024 at 2:40 PM
My age precludes me from saying much more than: “At least you had the opportunity.”
February 1, 2024 at 10:50 PM
It was wonderful
February 1, 2024 at 9:02 PM