Cofiwch 1822!
Back in the '80s while studying Welsh history, I became intrigued by St David's College in Lampeter, the oldest HE institution in Wales which was founded before most of those in England...

Theoretical Approaches to Ancient Greek Religion: Ben Cassell and I are coordinating a panel for the Cardiff Celtic Classics Conference in July on this topic and we'd love to hear from potential speakers by the 19 Feb deadline! Email susan.deacy@bristol.ac.uk and/or ben.cassell@kcl.ac.uk for info

What I'll be up to in Leicester on 30th Nov: talking autism, Hercules & Medusa at the Univ & explaining how the poster image (with hats off to @drdanstewart1.bsky.social and S/O Graham Shipley) expresses a crossroads I'm heading for :) It's possible to join online as well as in person. All welcome!

Here's my Versace Medusa because today it's 30th October which means #InternationalDayOfMedusa 🐍🐍🐍I've not managed to work out hashtags on BlueSky but maybe we can get some Medusa action going!?

And here's the cover!

Here's me getting ready to talk autism, Hercules and Medusa at Antiquity Today online at Warsaw :) www.omc.obta.al.uw.edu.pl/antiquity-to...

Thought I'd have a little read of this book before getting up today and, well, have finally made myself stop for a bit at least though keeping going can be justified as it is deeply classical

Last year a lovely group of young people at the Reading YAC warmly recommended Stella Tarakson's Hopeless Heroes to me and I'm reading it now and blogging as I go. Here's vol 1: Here Comes Hercules :) myth-autism.blogspot.com/2023/09/here...

It's under my skin