George Connor
@misterconnor1.bsky.social
Working Classicist. www.workingclassicists.com
Bass with @ostraka.bsky.social www.ostraka.co.uk
Bass with @ostraka.bsky.social www.ostraka.co.uk
The Holdovers is an unexpectedly good Christmas film. Not great but solid across the board.
Paul Giamatti is great as a curmudgeonly ancient History teacher; the script is packed with Classical references.
Paul Giamatti is great as a curmudgeonly ancient History teacher; the script is packed with Classical references.
November 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The Holdovers is an unexpectedly good Christmas film. Not great but solid across the board.
Paul Giamatti is great as a curmudgeonly ancient History teacher; the script is packed with Classical references.
Paul Giamatti is great as a curmudgeonly ancient History teacher; the script is packed with Classical references.
Book Week Scotland and my pupils have done me proud
November 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Book Week Scotland and my pupils have done me proud
Am convalescing with this excellent series about Mussolini. The lessons for the 21st century are stark.
September 27, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Am convalescing with this excellent series about Mussolini. The lessons for the 21st century are stark.
It’s an excellent day for minor surgery. 🔪
September 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
It’s an excellent day for minor surgery. 🔪
I finished writing this tonight. It’s a textbook for National 5 Classical Studies, the first of its kind.
I’m not sure but I think the last Scotland-specific Classics textbook for schools came out in 1983.
Anyway, it’s 220 pages long and will be available for free/donation from tomorrow.
I’m not sure but I think the last Scotland-specific Classics textbook for schools came out in 1983.
Anyway, it’s 220 pages long and will be available for free/donation from tomorrow.
September 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I finished writing this tonight. It’s a textbook for National 5 Classical Studies, the first of its kind.
I’m not sure but I think the last Scotland-specific Classics textbook for schools came out in 1983.
Anyway, it’s 220 pages long and will be available for free/donation from tomorrow.
I’m not sure but I think the last Scotland-specific Classics textbook for schools came out in 1983.
Anyway, it’s 220 pages long and will be available for free/donation from tomorrow.
The way they have made pixel versions of the actors is really cool.
August 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The way they have made pixel versions of the actors is really cool.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
August 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
There is a video game which is The Name of the Rose featuring a pixelated Sean Connery. I am losing my mind here!
August 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
There is a video game which is The Name of the Rose featuring a pixelated Sean Connery. I am losing my mind here!
Look what my beloved @miri.bsky.social did for me! There is no greater demonstration of the depths of the human heart than this. ❤️
August 13, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Look what my beloved @miri.bsky.social did for me! There is no greater demonstration of the depths of the human heart than this. ❤️
Monarchic accession goes in reverse number order, actually.
August 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Monarchic accession goes in reverse number order, actually.
That famous cheese, Blue Leicester.
August 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
That famous cheese, Blue Leicester.
Ah yes... Let them eat... radiation?
August 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Ah yes... Let them eat... radiation?
Absolutely extraordinary gift from a departing pupil. Wonderful!
June 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Absolutely extraordinary gift from a departing pupil. Wonderful!
Just going on the record here with my scorching hot take:
The new City kit is bloody rubbish.
The new City kit is bloody rubbish.
May 13, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Just going on the record here with my scorching hot take:
The new City kit is bloody rubbish.
The new City kit is bloody rubbish.
Is it difficult to doubt Cicero?
May 2, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Is it difficult to doubt Cicero?
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April 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Said goodbye to my Latinists today. Brilliant bunch.
The poignancy of the period was undercut but their plastering my car with pictures of a horse with my face photoshopped onto it.
Amazing kids.
The poignancy of the period was undercut but their plastering my car with pictures of a horse with my face photoshopped onto it.
Amazing kids.
April 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Said goodbye to my Latinists today. Brilliant bunch.
The poignancy of the period was undercut but their plastering my car with pictures of a horse with my face photoshopped onto it.
Amazing kids.
The poignancy of the period was undercut but their plastering my car with pictures of a horse with my face photoshopped onto it.
Amazing kids.
How often do you have a day where everything is right?
I had one today. Good work, good weather, good people, good food.
Not lottery-win style, but more beautiful in its little way.
I had one today. Good work, good weather, good people, good food.
Not lottery-win style, but more beautiful in its little way.
April 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
How often do you have a day where everything is right?
I had one today. Good work, good weather, good people, good food.
Not lottery-win style, but more beautiful in its little way.
I had one today. Good work, good weather, good people, good food.
Not lottery-win style, but more beautiful in its little way.
Actually out in the wild (well, Waterstones, Dundee). So proud. ❤️
March 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Actually out in the wild (well, Waterstones, Dundee). So proud. ❤️
And an unwarranted saracastic critique of my field.
March 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
And an unwarranted saracastic critique of my field.
And a half of Latin.
March 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
And a half of Latin.
A pint of Classical Reception, please.
Seriously, what’s with the Classical beer schtick? Oh no. It’s a right wing Classics/beer/masculinity thing isn’t it? Ugh.
Seriously, what’s with the Classical beer schtick? Oh no. It’s a right wing Classics/beer/masculinity thing isn’t it? Ugh.
March 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
A pint of Classical Reception, please.
Seriously, what’s with the Classical beer schtick? Oh no. It’s a right wing Classics/beer/masculinity thing isn’t it? Ugh.
Seriously, what’s with the Classical beer schtick? Oh no. It’s a right wing Classics/beer/masculinity thing isn’t it? Ugh.
Long time coming but it seems spring is definitely here 😊
March 8, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Long time coming but it seems spring is definitely here 😊