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
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.
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
Apparently very common and the hairs can irritate but it’s so pretty. Brown-tailed moth caterpillar (I think)
May 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Apparently very common and the hairs can irritate but it’s so pretty. Brown-tailed moth caterpillar (I think)
Finding a new plant that wasn’t there last year bravely jostling with the other foliage under the weeping cherry tree, don’t know what it is (although I’m sure someone does) or how it got there #tinyjoys
May 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Finding a new plant that wasn’t there last year bravely jostling with the other foliage under the weeping cherry tree, don’t know what it is (although I’m sure someone does) or how it got there #tinyjoys
If only you could hear the noise of the bees from next door’s hive enjoying one of their first feeds of spring on our flowering Cherry, amazing and I thought I’d just throw in a pic of the Magnolia as well. #tinyjoys
March 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
If only you could hear the noise of the bees from next door’s hive enjoying one of their first feeds of spring on our flowering Cherry, amazing and I thought I’d just throw in a pic of the Magnolia as well. #tinyjoys
My latest effort published in out local paper "The Grafham Gossip".
I'll convert the locals into Classicists yet.
I'll convert the locals into Classicists yet.
January 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
My latest effort published in out local paper "The Grafham Gossip".
I'll convert the locals into Classicists yet.
I'll convert the locals into Classicists yet.
There’s the post and already getting likes and comments
January 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
There’s the post and already getting likes and comments
A little while ago we had some work done and on the side of his van there was a logo which featured a man - this is her barking at it for over half a hour
January 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM
A little while ago we had some work done and on the side of his van there was a logo which featured a man - this is her barking at it for over half a hour
Get a dog for protection they said… 🙄
January 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Get a dog for protection they said… 🙄
Nothing like a Christmas morning Raki - as they say in Albania 🇦🇱 gëzuar
December 25, 2024 at 11:28 AM
Nothing like a Christmas morning Raki - as they say in Albania 🇦🇱 gëzuar
A year today we said goodbye after 11.5 years to the biggest hearted, soft, kind and loving dog you could possibly meet. Chloe, our hearts are still broken 💔💔💔
December 12, 2024 at 1:54 PM
A year today we said goodbye after 11.5 years to the biggest hearted, soft, kind and loving dog you could possibly meet. Chloe, our hearts are still broken 💔💔💔
There’s nothing like the feeling that, no matter how many toys the grandkids get, with 40 AAA AND 40 AA batteries we’re Christmas ready. #tinyjoys
December 4, 2024 at 8:54 PM
There’s nothing like the feeling that, no matter how many toys the grandkids get, with 40 AAA AND 40 AA batteries we’re Christmas ready. #tinyjoys
Oooooo look, our new bug hotel has just arrived, maybe a bit late for this year but worth a go. Pretty 5* if you ask me and what bug wouldn’t want to check in. #tinyjoys
November 29, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Oooooo look, our new bug hotel has just arrived, maybe a bit late for this year but worth a go. Pretty 5* if you ask me and what bug wouldn’t want to check in. #tinyjoys
Thank you again and I just thought I’d add this response
November 29, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Thank you again and I just thought I’d add this response
I'VE BEEN PUBLISHED!!
Spreading classical culture to the frozen wastes and dark satanic mills - that is the 598 people in Grafham village Cambridgeshire.
OK it is not in JStor or a peer reviewed publication but it is the Graham Gossip.
Should I start charging for copy?
Spreading classical culture to the frozen wastes and dark satanic mills - that is the 598 people in Grafham village Cambridgeshire.
OK it is not in JStor or a peer reviewed publication but it is the Graham Gossip.
Should I start charging for copy?
November 29, 2024 at 3:55 PM
I'VE BEEN PUBLISHED!!
Spreading classical culture to the frozen wastes and dark satanic mills - that is the 598 people in Grafham village Cambridgeshire.
OK it is not in JStor or a peer reviewed publication but it is the Graham Gossip.
Should I start charging for copy?
Spreading classical culture to the frozen wastes and dark satanic mills - that is the 598 people in Grafham village Cambridgeshire.
OK it is not in JStor or a peer reviewed publication but it is the Graham Gossip.
Should I start charging for copy?
Out in the garden on a frosty morning, the sun is just coming up with the dogs and breaking the ice on the bird bath so the birds can have their morning drink #tinyjoys
November 28, 2024 at 7:59 AM
Out in the garden on a frosty morning, the sun is just coming up with the dogs and breaking the ice on the bird bath so the birds can have their morning drink #tinyjoys