October 2, 2010
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From Charlotte Higgins, inter alia: Asked about connections between his education and his current role, he replied: “MI5 needs people with good intellectual skills, the ability to spot connections, the ability to absorb and assess a variety of material. Natural ground for a classicist.” He added: “There has been something of a classical tradition in…
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Abstract of a potentially-interesting article behind a payfer wall: One hundred and twenty-eight colourless glass tablewares from settlement contexts throughout the British Isles, dating from the mid-3rd to 4th century AD, were analysed by ICP-AES spectrometry. Three distinct compositional groups were identified based upon the use of different decolourisers and primary raw materials, with possible…
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The conclusion of an OpEd item in the Hindu: Of course education should prepare people for employment. Of course it is distressing when young people find that the job market is dire. They might just be able to raise a smile at a wry remark made in the early 1950s by the late Sir Robert…
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Jack Carlson makes some interesting comparisons between Augustus’ use of images and Obama’s: American Thinker Blog: Obama Augustus: the power of images in the age of Obama.
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If you’re a fan of new Latin poetry, there’s a new issue of the journal Vates out: VATES.
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