Andy Fox
@acfox.bsky.social
Lecturer in Ancient History, University of Liverpool. Formerly Early Career Research Associate at the ICS, London. Roman trees, architecture and environmental pollution, cats (not Roman), hockey. He/him.
That panicked moment three days before you submit a draft research proposal where you find something from 11 years ago which sounds like it does your thing.
Then you look at it and realise you had this panic seven months ago.
Then you look at it and realise you had this panic seven months ago.
August 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
That panicked moment three days before you submit a draft research proposal where you find something from 11 years ago which sounds like it does your thing.
Then you look at it and realise you had this panic seven months ago.
Then you look at it and realise you had this panic seven months ago.
Bank holiday weekend plan: power write grant application and buy a new nursery pot for the monstera. Don't buy plants
Bank holiday weekend reality so far: accidentally buy a new monstera, a new pot, re-pot the old monstera, and plan to buy more plants.
This is perhaps problematic.
Bank holiday weekend reality so far: accidentally buy a new monstera, a new pot, re-pot the old monstera, and plan to buy more plants.
This is perhaps problematic.
August 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Bank holiday weekend plan: power write grant application and buy a new nursery pot for the monstera. Don't buy plants
Bank holiday weekend reality so far: accidentally buy a new monstera, a new pot, re-pot the old monstera, and plan to buy more plants.
This is perhaps problematic.
Bank holiday weekend reality so far: accidentally buy a new monstera, a new pot, re-pot the old monstera, and plan to buy more plants.
This is perhaps problematic.
Fab penultimate day so far at the Celtic Conference in Classics, we've been treated to some fantastic environmental papers, and I've really enjoyed learning about things I have never even considered!
July 17, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Fab penultimate day so far at the Celtic Conference in Classics, we've been treated to some fantastic environmental papers, and I've really enjoyed learning about things I have never even considered!
I’ve got a Tantalus joke, but you’ll never get it
I've got a Procrustes joke, but it's a bit of a stretch.
I've got a shit hot joke about Icarus
June 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I’ve got a Tantalus joke, but you’ll never get it
Really enjoyable day at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Sustainable Research at @liverpooluni.bsky.social. Always excellent to have those collaborative narratives on climate change and the environment!
June 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Really enjoyable day at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Sustainable Research at @liverpooluni.bsky.social. Always excellent to have those collaborative narratives on climate change and the environment!
Oh, and a shout out to 92degrees coffee in Liverpool and their subscription for keeping me from staying inside this last month or two!
June 9, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Oh, and a shout out to 92degrees coffee in Liverpool and their subscription for keeping me from staying inside this last month or two!
Interdisciplinary seed funding sandpit today, looking forward to chatting with experts from The Other Side of Campus.
June 9, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Interdisciplinary seed funding sandpit today, looking forward to chatting with experts from The Other Side of Campus.
I really ought to start saying no to things professionally. Just a thought. Will probably delete later when I decide it’s a silly notion.
June 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I really ought to start saying no to things professionally. Just a thought. Will probably delete later when I decide it’s a silly notion.
Hi folks, conscious that the Roman Trees Database has been taken down: I’m working on a way to get it back online and in a place where I can update it. In the meantime, if you need an entry from it, let me know!
April 1, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Hi folks, conscious that the Roman Trees Database has been taken down: I’m working on a way to get it back online and in a place where I can update it. In the meantime, if you need an entry from it, let me know!
Fun fact of the day: Pliny tells us that plane trees are watered with wine, and that wine actually promotes root growth (Natural History 12.8). This is (surprisingly?) accurate: spoiled wine produces nitrogen, which is an active ingredient in modern fertilisers! #ancienthistory #classics
March 21, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Fun fact of the day: Pliny tells us that plane trees are watered with wine, and that wine actually promotes root growth (Natural History 12.8). This is (surprisingly?) accurate: spoiled wine produces nitrogen, which is an active ingredient in modern fertilisers! #ancienthistory #classics
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Kudos to @maticiceronian.bsky.social & co-editor Jordan Rogers and all the contributors to this brand new volume.
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September 30, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Kudos to @maticiceronian.bsky.social & co-editor Jordan Rogers and all the contributors to this brand new volume.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
The people who owned this house before us had a policy: if it can’t be fixed with glue, you’ve not used enough. Which is how I just found out that a kitchen cupboard door was not held on by those helpful screw thingys.
December 24, 2023 at 12:03 PM
The people who owned this house before us had a policy: if it can’t be fixed with glue, you’ve not used enough. Which is how I just found out that a kitchen cupboard door was not held on by those helpful screw thingys.
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Fully funded PhD opportunity - Univ. of Warwick - History of Travel Writing (sponsored by the co-founder of Lonely Planet!) warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/his... #skystorians #envhist
November 7, 2023 at 7:28 AM
Fully funded PhD opportunity - Univ. of Warwick - History of Travel Writing (sponsored by the co-founder of Lonely Planet!) warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/his... #skystorians #envhist
Are we still using ClassicsBlueSky AncientBlueSky and the 🏺and 🏛️ emoticons to find folk? And no, I will not let msn emoticons terminology die.
November 7, 2023 at 7:04 AM
Are we still using ClassicsBlueSky AncientBlueSky and the 🏺and 🏛️ emoticons to find folk? And no, I will not let msn emoticons terminology die.
Today’s jobs: teach a Thucydides seminar, give a research skills lecture, then intro Greek test. My lot are all so nervous, bless them, but I have so much confidence in the lot of them
November 7, 2023 at 6:59 AM
Today’s jobs: teach a Thucydides seminar, give a research skills lecture, then intro Greek test. My lot are all so nervous, bless them, but I have so much confidence in the lot of them
Found out this week that:
1. my Ancient🏺Greek students judge whether or not a class is going to be unhinged by the state of my hair;
2. they are surprised I have a plan for each class, and even more surprised we complete it most classes, and
3. my hair is very rarely not in some degree of a state.
1. my Ancient🏺Greek students judge whether or not a class is going to be unhinged by the state of my hair;
2. they are surprised I have a plan for each class, and even more surprised we complete it most classes, and
3. my hair is very rarely not in some degree of a state.
October 27, 2023 at 7:14 PM
Found out this week that:
1. my Ancient🏺Greek students judge whether or not a class is going to be unhinged by the state of my hair;
2. they are surprised I have a plan for each class, and even more surprised we complete it most classes, and
3. my hair is very rarely not in some degree of a state.
1. my Ancient🏺Greek students judge whether or not a class is going to be unhinged by the state of my hair;
2. they are surprised I have a plan for each class, and even more surprised we complete it most classes, and
3. my hair is very rarely not in some degree of a state.
In a shocking turn of events, I am teaching Greek history today and tomorrow. I thought the whole point of specialism was that you could focus on teaching the better civilisation?
October 10, 2023 at 7:16 AM
In a shocking turn of events, I am teaching Greek history today and tomorrow. I thought the whole point of specialism was that you could focus on teaching the better civilisation?
Happy to report that, for the next eighteen months, I will be Lecturer in Classics at the University of Reading! Thank you to everyone who has supported me along the way, you have all been fabulous and I wouldn’t have done this without you
September 16, 2023 at 10:21 AM
Happy to report that, for the next eighteen months, I will be Lecturer in Classics at the University of Reading! Thank you to everyone who has supported me along the way, you have all been fabulous and I wouldn’t have done this without you
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I'm reading the Historic Environment Scotland scheduled monument document. Contains this stunning image of Habchester Fort showing the impact of different landuse histories and how fragile our prehistory is.
September 11, 2023 at 8:44 PM
I'm reading the Historic Environment Scotland scheduled monument document. Contains this stunning image of Habchester Fort showing the impact of different landuse histories and how fragile our prehistory is.
Tell me you’ve been chasing down references today without telling me you’ve been chasing down references today.
September 7, 2023 at 4:50 PM
Tell me you’ve been chasing down references today without telling me you’ve been chasing down references today.
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August 31, 2023 at 8:09 PM
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Good cause in the blue sky alert!
WE'RE HERE ✌️
August 31, 2023 at 8:01 PM
Good cause in the blue sky alert!
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I am in fits of giggles
Jim Glaub on Instagram: "I'm fine. 🌳"
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August 29, 2023 at 3:28 PM
I am in fits of giggles
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Do you work on Ancient Greek religion from the Mycenaean to Hellenistic periods, or know someone who does, and want to be involved in a cool thing?
If so: get in touch with me.
(I know this is slightly cryptic. It is for a reason…)
#ClassicsBluesky #AncientBluesky
If so: get in touch with me.
(I know this is slightly cryptic. It is for a reason…)
#ClassicsBluesky #AncientBluesky
August 23, 2023 at 7:39 PM
Do you work on Ancient Greek religion from the Mycenaean to Hellenistic periods, or know someone who does, and want to be involved in a cool thing?
If so: get in touch with me.
(I know this is slightly cryptic. It is for a reason…)
#ClassicsBluesky #AncientBluesky
If so: get in touch with me.
(I know this is slightly cryptic. It is for a reason…)
#ClassicsBluesky #AncientBluesky