Colin Gough
@classicalman.bsky.social
BA and MA Classical Studies although been swinging the lead a bit since. Trying my hand at blogging classicalstudiesman.com but a bit eclectic. Love drama - theatre, tragedy and comedy with a soft spot for reception, sensory studies and women's history
Apologies to vegetarians but home made gravy made in the beef roasting tray, crispy roasties on a beef Sunday roast is hard to beat. 😋😋😋😋😋
January 18, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Apologies to vegetarians but home made gravy made in the beef roasting tray, crispy roasties on a beef Sunday roast is hard to beat. 😋😋😋😋😋
Apart from the party names, what changes?
January 9, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Apart from the party names, what changes?
I am struggling. I thought new year would help kick start my motivation to write more blog posts but, although I have several started and loads of ideas, I just can't get going. So, I thought I'd pop the blog on here and hope it will shock me into action. #classicalstudies
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Thoughts of an old, Classical Studies fan
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January 7, 2026 at 12:10 PM
I am struggling. I thought new year would help kick start my motivation to write more blog posts but, although I have several started and loads of ideas, I just can't get going. So, I thought I'd pop the blog on here and hope it will shock me into action. #classicalstudies
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As we hurtle towards 2026 looking back I have only published 9 blog posts although I have twice as many started but not finished, does anyone else have this problem? I really must have more commitment. www.classicalstudiesman.com
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Thoughts of an old, Classical Studies fan
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December 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
As we hurtle towards 2026 looking back I have only published 9 blog posts although I have twice as many started but not finished, does anyone else have this problem? I really must have more commitment. www.classicalstudiesman.com
Today is the festival Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, birthday of Sol Invictus or the 'Invincible Sun' or Yule if you prefer Germanic.
It is the winter solstice and at 3:03 pm the earth’s north pole will be maximum tilt away from the sun
It means that from today the days will be getting longer - yayyy
It is the winter solstice and at 3:03 pm the earth’s north pole will be maximum tilt away from the sun
It means that from today the days will be getting longer - yayyy
December 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Today is the festival Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, birthday of Sol Invictus or the 'Invincible Sun' or Yule if you prefer Germanic.
It is the winter solstice and at 3:03 pm the earth’s north pole will be maximum tilt away from the sun
It means that from today the days will be getting longer - yayyy
It is the winter solstice and at 3:03 pm the earth’s north pole will be maximum tilt away from the sun
It means that from today the days will be getting longer - yayyy
Don’t you just love it when you think the tea towel is covering the edge of the pan when you’re taking it out of the oven 🙄🙄
November 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Don’t you just love it when you think the tea towel is covering the edge of the pan when you’re taking it out of the oven 🙄🙄
Say you’ve been chain sawing wood for winter without saying you’ve been chain sawing wood for winter
November 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Say you’ve been chain sawing wood for winter without saying you’ve been chain sawing wood for winter
I hate the passing of summer and the darker mornings and nights BUT BUT BUT then I think of knocking the salads on the head to be replaced with Mac and Cheese (with chilli flakes). Oh yum and that didn’t last long 😋😋😋 #tinyjoys
October 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I hate the passing of summer and the darker mornings and nights BUT BUT BUT then I think of knocking the salads on the head to be replaced with Mac and Cheese (with chilli flakes). Oh yum and that didn’t last long 😋😋😋 #tinyjoys
Say you had a midlife crisis without saying you had a midlife crisis (actually the pink one is daughter's) only to find you were neither Jimi Hendrix nor Dave Gilmour.
October 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Say you had a midlife crisis without saying you had a midlife crisis (actually the pink one is daughter's) only to find you were neither Jimi Hendrix nor Dave Gilmour.
The ‘Knife Angel’ in Welwyn Garden City today. Impressive.
October 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The ‘Knife Angel’ in Welwyn Garden City today. Impressive.
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Here's a tale for anyone who'd like to know what I've been up to over the last year... and if you're able to help/share, I'd really appreciate it.
Autistic StoryTime – Classical Studies Support share.google/0XfKZucMCoAr...
Autistic StoryTime – Classical Studies Support share.google/0XfKZucMCoAr...
Autistic StoryTime
You may have noticed that I haven’t been around much this year. I used to post on this blog every week, but now I post very rarely. I used to be on all sorts of Classics-related committees, but ear…
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October 12, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Here's a tale for anyone who'd like to know what I've been up to over the last year... and if you're able to help/share, I'd really appreciate it.
Autistic StoryTime – Classical Studies Support share.google/0XfKZucMCoAr...
Autistic StoryTime – Classical Studies Support share.google/0XfKZucMCoAr...
My latest random thoughts - enjoy
Small, beautifully formed and packs a punch
Some museums can be just like the last one, blending into one another, buildings with rooms of artifacts in display cabinets too close to each other, surrounded by people so it is difficult to get a good view - but not this one. It might not be the biggest but is one of the best, the Corfu Archaeological Museum in Corfu Town.
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October 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
My latest random thoughts - enjoy
Latest blog post. I am very nervous about this one as I feel it's a bit 'out there' but it is how my mind works sometimes. But then I very much enjoyed thinking about it and writing it and you never know it might not be as barking at I think.. but there again.
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Rethinking Euripides’ Bacchae – is history repeating itself?
I love everything about Greek drama, what it tells us about concerns, questions and tensions in ancient times and how, through reception, it can be relevant throughout the ages to modern times. I a…
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October 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Latest blog post. I am very nervous about this one as I feel it's a bit 'out there' but it is how my mind works sometimes. But then I very much enjoyed thinking about it and writing it and you never know it might not be as barking at I think.. but there again.
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#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober25 is here again.
Day 1: Hypnos
Silent river flows,
Hypnos drapes the world in shade—
dreams bloom, soft as dusk.
Day 1: Hypnos
Silent river flows,
Hypnos drapes the world in shade—
dreams bloom, soft as dusk.
October 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober25 is here again.
Day 1: Hypnos
Silent river flows,
Hypnos drapes the world in shade—
dreams bloom, soft as dusk.
Day 1: Hypnos
Silent river flows,
Hypnos drapes the world in shade—
dreams bloom, soft as dusk.
I am now age assured whatever that means on Bluesky now. That was fun although getting the facial recogition to work was a bit of a bind.
July 26, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I am now age assured whatever that means on Bluesky now. That was fun although getting the facial recogition to work was a bit of a bind.
My latest musings. Don't know how good it is but I enjoyed it which is the point I suppose and I did find it a bit of an eye opener.
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Homeric Tears
Sophocles’ tragic play Ajax was performed in Athens probably in 442 or 441 BCE. Tragedy was invariably, apart from Aeschylus’ Persians, set in ancient and mythical times so distancing the audience …
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July 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
My latest musings. Don't know how good it is but I enjoyed it which is the point I suppose and I did find it a bit of an eye opener.
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A long time coming but for the first time we’re having a concerted effort to grow patio clematis and sweet peas in pots, and they’re just beautiful. Why did we wait so long? #tinyjoys
July 3, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A long time coming but for the first time we’re having a concerted effort to grow patio clematis and sweet peas in pots, and they’re just beautiful. Why did we wait so long? #tinyjoys
Next door have got a couple of bee hives so we thought we’d grow some wild flowers for them. There seems to be quite a lot if the same except in the middle there’s this one red flower, no idea what it is but I think the colour is beautiful. Does anyone know? #tinyjoys #flowers
June 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
My latest blog effort - a bit of a travelog, some Roman archaeology and a couple of personal photos.
Any comments gratefully received #archaeology #classical #roman
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Any comments gratefully received #archaeology #classical #roman
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Back to Albania
A family wedding meant that it was a trip back to one of our favourite counties – Albania. As opposed to last year’s trip we stayed more to the north and decided to have a few days next to the beac…
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June 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
My latest blog effort - a bit of a travelog, some Roman archaeology and a couple of personal photos.
Any comments gratefully received #archaeology #classical #roman
classicalstudiesman.com/2025/06/06/b...
Any comments gratefully received #archaeology #classical #roman
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I don't know why all the media are saying Mt Etna is erupting when they should know it is just Typhon getting restless #classical #myth
June 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I don't know why all the media are saying Mt Etna is erupting when they should know it is just Typhon getting restless #classical #myth
