Kenneth J Cameron
@highlandreader.bsky.social
classics, art, music, literature, philosophy, spirituality. Scotland, London
pop music, tv drama, films, comedy, theatre, musicals - the human arts
June 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
pop music, tv drama, films, comedy, theatre, musicals - the human arts
The conclave hasn't started yet but the cardinals are in Rome, so there has been some news in the last day or two, about their discussions, as you will know. But it will probably go quiet when the conclave starts, apart from speculation.
May 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The conclave hasn't started yet but the cardinals are in Rome, so there has been some news in the last day or two, about their discussions, as you will know. But it will probably go quiet when the conclave starts, apart from speculation.
Yes, it's a pity: because it all happens behind closed doors, there won't be regular news updates to feed our interest.
May 1, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Yes, it's a pity: because it all happens behind closed doors, there won't be regular news updates to feed our interest.
It's the mediaeval equivalent of a luminous jumper 😎
March 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
It's the mediaeval equivalent of a luminous jumper 😎
And also cleverly allusive in Virgil-style, as the jumper will be made of wool 🐑
March 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
And also cleverly allusive in Virgil-style, as the jumper will be made of wool 🐑
A multi-sheep jumper sounds suitably pastoral/agricultural and Virgilian. 🐑🐑🐑👕
March 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
A multi-sheep jumper sounds suitably pastoral/agricultural and Virgilian. 🐑🐑🐑👕
That's great to hear There is great rejoicing amid novelty jumper fandom ! 😊💫👏
I wasn't thinking AS had gone macro-cephalic due to new-fangled status - more that refined publications require staid attire: as when an undergrad joins a company and must leave behind casuals for corporate dress.
I wasn't thinking AS had gone macro-cephalic due to new-fangled status - more that refined publications require staid attire: as when an undergrad joins a company and must leave behind casuals for corporate dress.
March 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
That's great to hear There is great rejoicing amid novelty jumper fandom ! 😊💫👏
I wasn't thinking AS had gone macro-cephalic due to new-fangled status - more that refined publications require staid attire: as when an undergrad joins a company and must leave behind casuals for corporate dress.
I wasn't thinking AS had gone macro-cephalic due to new-fangled status - more that refined publications require staid attire: as when an undergrad joins a company and must leave behind casuals for corporate dress.
This is the kind of enargeia we want to see AS bringing back to his lectures. Colour, pop music, snappy phrases.
The phrase by Chappell 'I want non-fiction' works with classes on oratory, letters, philosophy.
The suit-and-tie approach confers 'dignitas' but may well be a creative dead-end ....😟
The phrase by Chappell 'I want non-fiction' works with classes on oratory, letters, philosophy.
The suit-and-tie approach confers 'dignitas' but may well be a creative dead-end ....😟
March 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
This is the kind of enargeia we want to see AS bringing back to his lectures. Colour, pop music, snappy phrases.
The phrase by Chappell 'I want non-fiction' works with classes on oratory, letters, philosophy.
The suit-and-tie approach confers 'dignitas' but may well be a creative dead-end ....😟
The phrase by Chappell 'I want non-fiction' works with classes on oratory, letters, philosophy.
The suit-and-tie approach confers 'dignitas' but may well be a creative dead-end ....😟
When The Beatles lost their way, they decided to 'Get Back' to their rock and roll roots.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI8A...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI8A...
GET BACK TAKE 1 | THE BEATLES ROOFTOP CONCERT
YouTube video by jose navea
www.youtube.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
When The Beatles lost their way, they decided to 'Get Back' to their rock and roll roots.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI8A...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI8A...
Yes, AS needs to go back to his luminous jumper roots.
Bob Dylan has done this: his very good work of the last 25 years largely involves working with folk, blues, old-time (Love and Theft, Modern Times, Tempest, Rough and Rowdy Ways).
Bob Dylan has done this: his very good work of the last 25 years largely involves working with folk, blues, old-time (Love and Theft, Modern Times, Tempest, Rough and Rowdy Ways).
March 22, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Yes, AS needs to go back to his luminous jumper roots.
Bob Dylan has done this: his very good work of the last 25 years largely involves working with folk, blues, old-time (Love and Theft, Modern Times, Tempest, Rough and Rowdy Ways).
Bob Dylan has done this: his very good work of the last 25 years largely involves working with folk, blues, old-time (Love and Theft, Modern Times, Tempest, Rough and Rowdy Ways).
AS going from novelty jumpers to suit and tie:
it's like a pop band going from psychedelic-electric to plain and trad.
We want the old AS back !
it's like a pop band going from psychedelic-electric to plain and trad.
We want the old AS back !
March 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
AS going from novelty jumpers to suit and tie:
it's like a pop band going from psychedelic-electric to plain and trad.
We want the old AS back !
it's like a pop band going from psychedelic-electric to plain and trad.
We want the old AS back !
yeah, he mustn't give them up
March 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
yeah, he mustn't give them up
AS has got to be one of the few people in the world who can accurately quote both 1st-century BCE Roman political oratory (mainly Cicero) and also pop songs of the 2020s (eg Chappell Roan)
March 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
AS has got to be one of the few people in the world who can accurately quote both 1st-century BCE Roman political oratory (mainly Cicero) and also pop songs of the 2020s (eg Chappell Roan)
Perhaps AS believes these books require the 'dignitas' of a suit and tie .... and the luminous jumpers are not as good a fit in this part of his creative odyssey.
AS still sings pop songs, though 🎵
AS still sings pop songs, though 🎵
March 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Perhaps AS believes these books require the 'dignitas' of a suit and tie .... and the luminous jumpers are not as good a fit in this part of his creative odyssey.
AS still sings pop songs, though 🎵
AS still sings pop songs, though 🎵
Well, he has published two big glossy books recently
1. Rome. A Definitive Visual History
www.dk.com/uk/book/9780...
1. Rome. A Definitive Visual History
www.dk.com/uk/book/9780...
March 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Well, he has published two big glossy books recently
1. Rome. A Definitive Visual History
www.dk.com/uk/book/9780...
1. Rome. A Definitive Visual History
www.dk.com/uk/book/9780...
AS has changed his Twitter/X photo from luminous jumper to one with a suit and tie.
March 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
AS has changed his Twitter/X photo from luminous jumper to one with a suit and tie.
The next step is for you to actually deliver Bee Movie in Latin at a conference !! 😀
March 13, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The next step is for you to actually deliver Bee Movie in Latin at a conference !! 😀
75 minutes in and you're on 500 likes ! Looks like you'll reach 1000 !
March 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
75 minutes in and you're on 500 likes ! Looks like you'll reach 1000 !
Would be interested to know in which ways he 'predicted the mess we're in'. End of the gods ? Emergence of the Superman ?
February 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Would be interested to know in which ways he 'predicted the mess we're in'. End of the gods ? Emergence of the Superman ?
I'm interested in classics and theology which were areas he covered.
February 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I'm interested in classics and theology which were areas he covered.
Thanks ! I only know the generalities but Nietzsche strikes me as troubled and brilliant, as a philosopher and a writer.
February 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Thanks ! I only know the generalities but Nietzsche strikes me as troubled and brilliant, as a philosopher and a writer.