June 2011
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Latest from the Hollywood Reporter: HBO is going back into business with Rome duo Jane Tranter and Anne Thomopoulos for a miniseries based on Robert Graves’ I, Claudius. The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that the BBC Worldwide Productions duo will executive produce the co-production with BBC2. Graves’ novel was first published in 1934 as an…
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Just when you think you can’t read anything in the Daily Mail that will surprise you (inter alia): Alexander Thynn, the 7th Marquess of Bath, is a descendant of the Roman historian Tacitus and is well known for his alternative views on relationships. via Police called to Longleat after ‘wifelets’ brawl over who gets to…
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I’ve been sitting on this one for a few days, hoping some English coverage might appear, but that doesn’t seem to be happening. In the Italian press, however, there is much coverage of some non-invasive testing of the Praeneste Fibula (on which is inscribed our oldest example of Latin), and it is now being declared…
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Interesting coverage from the Guardian, which — even more interestingly — seems to go beyond the original Cambridge press release: To say it has been an archaeological mystery may be an understatement: why are fragments of beautiful but deliberately smashed bronze age figurines buried in shallow pits on a small, rocky Greek island whose main…
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Rugby doesn’t get much airplay up here in the Great Humid North, so I can’t honestly say I’ve heard of Jamie Gibson, but it’s always nice to read when folks with a talent on a playing field also take part in activities in the Classics field. Some excerpts from the Express: JAMIE GIBSON is living…
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