November 2010
6 posts
The cardinal's hat →
I think I have half made my peace with the Church today. Last weekend I went on the Today programme (an inadvertent blackleg — I hadnt realised the NUJ strike went till Saturday,…
Nov 13th
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Roman Memory →
I am off to Bochum tomorrow to give a paper at a conference on Roman Memory. It is a mad excursion in the middle of term, and I have been working at ungodly hours (even on Beard…
Nov 11th
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The House of the Gladiators at Pompeii? →
OK — you’ve been asking for my thoughts on the collapse of the House of the Gladiators at Pompeii. So here we go. I am sure that one of the reasons that it has got so much media…
Nov 9th
Greek pots: the naughty bits →
One of my favourite “Greek Pot” stories is about this satyr — who features on a psykter (or wine cooler) decorated, as these pots usually are, around its bulbous body.The idea was, you…
Nov 6th
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Retail -- what therapy? →
I knew that the 60 minutes shopping time I had was not going to go well when I was arraigned on my bike by the Police Constable. I was in a hurry, but I did need some long garment to go…
Nov 2nd
BBC News - David Hockney's instant iPad art →
Nov 2nd