Dr Mike Beer
@mikebeer.bsky.social
Classicist:likes Elagabalus,cultural hybridisation,Caravaggio & Brutalism.Assoc. Lecturer,OU;Hon Research Fellow,Exeter.Trainer & coordinator, Classics for All.
Managed another 20km walk this morning. Need to gradually increase the distance over the coming weeks but work prep drew me back home. I think I could have comfortably managed another 10km. It’s all coming together!
November 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Managed another 20km walk this morning. Need to gradually increase the distance over the coming weeks but work prep drew me back home. I think I could have comfortably managed another 10km. It’s all coming together!
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Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
Always have an exit plan.
November 7, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Always have an exit plan.
The Marbles review – thoughtful outline of case for giving the Parthenon marbles back to Greece www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
The Marbles review – thoughtful outline of case for giving the Parthenon marbles back to Greece
David Wilkinson’s personal exploration of the issues open-mindedly examines both sides of a contentious political debate
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The Marbles review – thoughtful outline of case for giving the Parthenon marbles back to Greece www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
Reposted by Dr Mike Beer
Finally, the perfect #Halloween costume for the Latinist in your life... 😉
October 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Finally, the perfect #Halloween costume for the Latinist in your life... 😉
Finally a day off.
October 30, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Finally a day off.
Reposted by Dr Mike Beer
The long, deep dig: Collaboration unearths ancient city of Sardis
phys.org/news/2025-10...
phys.org/news/2025-10...
The long, deep dig: Collaboration unearths ancient city of Sardis
From the Greeks and the Romans to the Ottoman empire, the history of Sardis, Turkey, is one of persistent turnover. But its archaeological investigation has been remarkably consistent. Since 1958, the...
phys.org
October 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The long, deep dig: Collaboration unearths ancient city of Sardis
phys.org/news/2025-10...
phys.org/news/2025-10...
Celebrate this Halloween with Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and an evil iceman on a train www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
Celebrate this Halloween with Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and an evil iceman on a train
1972’s Horror Express sees the two scream kings team up to take down a 2 million-year-old iceman who thaws and begins melting people’s eyeballs
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Celebrate this Halloween with Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and an evil iceman on a train www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
Reposted by Dr Mike Beer
‘It’s more about life than death’: the growing popularity of Berlin’s cemetery cafes
‘It’s more about life than death’: the growing popularity of Berlin’s cemetery cafes
While cemeteries in the German capital have long been rooted in communities, some cafe owners have gone one step further
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:29 AM
‘It’s more about life than death’: the growing popularity of Berlin’s cemetery cafes
Tonight’s specials at Dr Mike’s Bar include: Islay single malts, navy strength gin, German wheat beer and Barolo. All served individually,of course, rather than mixed all together in a bucket.
October 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Tonight’s specials at Dr Mike’s Bar include: Islay single malts, navy strength gin, German wheat beer and Barolo. All served individually,of course, rather than mixed all together in a bucket.
Train proceeding at strolling pace through central Devon this morning. There would be speedier progress from an elderly slug.
October 23, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Train proceeding at strolling pace through central Devon this morning. There would be speedier progress from an elderly slug.
They keep doing it.
October 23, 2025 at 8:19 AM
They keep doing it.
Great afternoon of talks by lecturers from the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Exeter for Classics for All.Talks on Roman coins, Latin etymology and Pompeiian graffiti to students from local schools from Exeter and Crediton showed how broad a subject Classics can be.
October 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Great afternoon of talks by lecturers from the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Exeter for Classics for All.Talks on Roman coins, Latin etymology and Pompeiian graffiti to students from local schools from Exeter and Crediton showed how broad a subject Classics can be.
Exciting half term reading just arrived in the post. Virgil: great. Cicero: not so much (or indeed at all).
October 22, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Exciting half term reading just arrived in the post. Virgil: great. Cicero: not so much (or indeed at all).
Sadly Cicero about to come back into my life again as I start work on the material for the 2027 A level Latin prose text: Pro Roscio.
October 21, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Sadly Cicero about to come back into my life again as I start work on the material for the 2027 A level Latin prose text: Pro Roscio.
More teaching this morning. First session with new OU students: Cleopatra!
October 19, 2025 at 8:02 AM
More teaching this morning. First session with new OU students: Cleopatra!
Feels like a Barolo kind of evening.
October 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Feels like a Barolo kind of evening.
Saturday morning online teaching: plots against Alexander the Great and the deaths of Philotas,Parmenion and Callisthenes.
October 18, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Saturday morning online teaching: plots against Alexander the Great and the deaths of Philotas,Parmenion and Callisthenes.
Pleased that my paper on public understanding of coin legends and inscriptions in the Roman world has been accepted for next year’s Classical Association Conference in Manchester.
October 18, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Pleased that my paper on public understanding of coin legends and inscriptions in the Roman world has been accepted for next year’s Classical Association Conference in Manchester.