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As long as we’re talking about our favourite mayor of London, we might as well mention this item from the travel pages of the Australian … Johnson is taking the writer on a bicycle tour of the city … an excerpt of the Classical bits: […] Boris has written a book on “the people that…
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Tip ‘o the pileus to Max Nelson of UWindsor fame for pointing us to some more beer brands to have at our ultimate Classical conference. We’ll just mention in passing this Caesar Augustus (a lager/IPA hybrid … hmmmm) and Julius (which is no longer in production). I was almost disappointed in the Hadrian Border Brewery’s…
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Several tips ‘o the pileus accrue to Caroline Lawrence, who attended the unveiling of the official plaque — they’re big on plaques in the UK — commemorating Dr D’Angour’s Pindar-inspired Olympian Ode, at which event Boris Johnson reprised his performance thereof. It does not appear to be the sort of thing which could have been…
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As I notice an emperor (whose birthday was yesterday) pining on twitter (and I sort of feel responsible ): Can't say how jealous I am Pliny the Elder has his own beer @plinytheelder -I'm hoping for a Claudius Cider very soon! pic.twitter.com/DxWb4wbs — Emperor Claudius (@Claudius_God) August 2, 2012 Allow me to draw folks’ attention…
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Scoop has an interesting reprise of an interview with Gore Vidal by our long-time correspondent (in the ‘original’ sense that we have corresponded by email, not that she works for us) Susan Mazur … here’s the part that pertains to us: […] My chat with Gore Vidal follows: Suzan Mazur: Did you eventually see the…
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