Tomorrow on Instant Classics (tinyurl.com/4s6vr4vp) we're looking at the long and complicated history of the toga. You'll never look on a toga party in thesame way again. That's FDR having a toga birthday party.
October 8, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Tomorrow on Instant Classics (tinyurl.com/4s6vr4vp) we're looking at the long and complicated history of the toga. You'll never look on a toga party in thesame way again. That's FDR having a toga birthday party.
Not exactly a fashionista! But v chuffed about this 👇👇
September 21, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Not exactly a fashionista! But v chuffed about this 👇👇
I had great fun talking to Roger Mosey at Selwyn Coll about a lifetime in Cambridge (yes!) and other things. You can watch the discussion here. tinyurl.com/23hvczuz Here's Roger and me limbering up!
May 30, 2025 at 7:17 AM
I had great fun talking to Roger Mosey at Selwyn Coll about a lifetime in Cambridge (yes!) and other things. You can watch the discussion here. tinyurl.com/23hvczuz Here's Roger and me limbering up!
I am coming to Australia in November, to talk at Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne. Hope to see you then friend in Oz. Details here: a
May 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I am coming to Australia in November, to talk at Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne. Hope to see you then friend in Oz. Details here: a
My last cocktail in DC at my local (the lovely Bar Riggs). Will miss it!
May 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
My last cocktail in DC at my local (the lovely Bar Riggs). Will miss it!
It’s spring and soon I will no longer be able to see the Capitol from my office window!
March 31, 2025 at 8:13 PM
It’s spring and soon I will no longer be able to see the Capitol from my office window!
Today is the Ides of March. Here is Julius Caesar stabbed in the back (in fact he was stabbed in the front). He defended himself with his stylus (I talk about pens as a key attribute of emperors in my recent emperor book).
March 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Today is the Ides of March. Here is Julius Caesar stabbed in the back (in fact he was stabbed in the front). He defended himself with his stylus (I talk about pens as a key attribute of emperors in my recent emperor book).
Waking up in New York after a big lecture last night. What glorious day for some working in bed looking at the view!
March 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Waking up in New York after a big lecture last night. What glorious day for some working in bed looking at the view!
The Canadian embassy in DC has just removed its friendly banners… just in time for the presidential motorcade to pass. Coincidence? See below, before and after
March 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The Canadian embassy in DC has just removed its friendly banners… just in time for the presidential motorcade to pass. Coincidence? See below, before and after
This is the sarcophagus in which Andrew Jackson refused to be buried
February 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This is the sarcophagus in which Andrew Jackson refused to be buried
This is weird, they've left the woman out of the picture again?
February 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This is weird, they've left the woman out of the picture again?
Talking in DC next Tuesday 25 Feb, at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center. Free and open to all, but registration essential via QR code at bottom of this pic (or go to Krieger School website)
February 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Talking in DC next Tuesday 25 Feb, at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center. Free and open to all, but registration essential via QR code at bottom of this pic (or go to Krieger School website)
i wondered why they left the women out of this picture! Perhaps they were all sitting at the other end of the table?
February 18, 2025 at 11:12 AM
i wondered why they left the women out of this picture! Perhaps they were all sitting at the other end of the table?
Thanks to all for a great classical time in Asturias today. We are all Medusa now!
February 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Thanks to all for a great classical time in Asturias today. We are all Medusa now!
I just had a great time talking to 600 highschool students in Xixon in Asturias. Now a well deserved seaside lunch!
February 12, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I just had a great time talking to 600 highschool students in Xixon in Asturias. Now a well deserved seaside lunch!
OK confession: proud mum pic here. Son with his new book. Out in March in US and UK (different covers, same book!) tinyurl.com/543ntevd tinyurl.com/4ppuapv7
February 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
OK confession: proud mum pic here. Son with his new book. Out in March in US and UK (different covers, same book!) tinyurl.com/543ntevd tinyurl.com/4ppuapv7
I wonder how long the Canadian embassy in DC will have these slogans on display.
February 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I wonder how long the Canadian embassy in DC will have these slogans on display.
I am talking in DC on 25 Feb, 6.00 pm at the Bloomberg Center (in convo with Chris Celenza). It's free and open to all, but you need to register via the QR code at the bottom of this poster (go right down to the bottom or use this link tinyurl.com/muncby2d).
January 31, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I am talking in DC on 25 Feb, 6.00 pm at the Bloomberg Center (in convo with Chris Celenza). It's free and open to all, but you need to register via the QR code at the bottom of this poster (go right down to the bottom or use this link tinyurl.com/muncby2d).
If you're looking for a handy, fresh guide to Greek myth, then try A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology, out soon. Under the excellect auspices of @workingclassicists.bsky.social Preorder from @contubernales.bsky.social
January 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
If you're looking for a handy, fresh guide to Greek myth, then try A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology, out soon. Under the excellect auspices of @workingclassicists.bsky.social Preorder from @contubernales.bsky.social
As the year is nearly over (and my dear old Dad would have been 115 today!), I thank @waterstones.bsky.social for supporting my Emperor of Rome book over the last 12 months
December 29, 2024 at 11:32 AM
As the year is nearly over (and my dear old Dad would have been 115 today!), I thank @waterstones.bsky.social for supporting my Emperor of Rome book over the last 12 months
brought my twinkly architectural models out for their Christmas show! You can easily see the Ca D’oro (centre rear). And more!
December 22, 2024 at 5:26 PM
brought my twinkly architectural models out for their Christmas show! You can easily see the Ca D’oro (centre rear). And more!
Did you know that there is a block from the Parthenon embedded in the Washington Monument in DC (there was also to have been one from the Temple of Castor in Rome, a gift from the pope, but it was nicked before it could be inserted)? I didn't. tinyurl.com/s7967ubb
December 9, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Did you know that there is a block from the Parthenon embedded in the Washington Monument in DC (there was also to have been one from the Temple of Castor in Rome, a gift from the pope, but it was nicked before it could be inserted)? I didn't. tinyurl.com/s7967ubb
I am doing a mini UK tour next autumn. Programme attached here (some venues are selling quick... so be there or be square!)
December 8, 2024 at 4:08 PM
I am doing a mini UK tour next autumn. Programme attached here (some venues are selling quick... so be there or be square!)
I feel a bit sheepish publicising such offers fro such sources. But the price of £4 for my Emperor of Rome book is a real bargain. Here: tinyurl.com/y4s9yk27
November 24, 2024 at 1:09 PM
I feel a bit sheepish publicising such offers fro such sources. But the price of £4 for my Emperor of Rome book is a real bargain. Here: tinyurl.com/y4s9yk27
Enjoying an overnight in New York with a great view
November 23, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Enjoying an overnight in New York with a great view