TOPICAMar 26, 20216 min readVisual and verbal revulsion: Titian and the Younger Philostratus Visual and verbal revulsion: Titian’s Perseus and Andromeda and the Younger Philostratus’ Hesione and Heracles* Charlie Pemberton,...
Joe GrimwadeNov 17, 20204 min readBuilding the classics: the LEGO Colosseum The worlds of Lego and Classics have collided and now thrive, most conspicuously online in numerous noteworthy corners of the net.
TOPICAMay 18, 20205 min readPerfume and power: Killing Eve and the Roman emperorsBrian Theng Spoiler alert: I refer to a little snippet of episode four in the ongoing third season of Killing Eve and the 2019 film...
TOPICAJan 19, 20205 min readEpic Rap, Rapping EpicBrian Theng I am no music connoisseur. But put a scholarship application and a bar conversation together, and we get a blogpost about...
TOPICADec 8, 20196 min readEpic without Kleos: a Troy Story for our timesZach Case A Review of Troy: Myth and Reality, at the British Museum until 8th March 2020. Get yourselves down to the British Museum and...
TOPICAJul 16, 20197 min readPeter and Pan: From Ancient Greece to Neverland, via JerusalemNir Stern Modern Israel is dotted with remnants of antiquity, and not only of the biblical kind. From the Hellenistic palace of Herod the...
TOPICAJun 19, 20196 min readThe Silence of Time: The Spaces In-BetweenAlbert Bates The footboard of an old piano is nailed to the wall. A pair of hands offer forth its copper strings like entrails pulled...
TOPICAMay 24, 20199 min readUnthroned: the Politics of Westeros and the Limits of Classical ReceptionZack Case Note: this article contains spoilers Disclaimer: this article is not another complaint about season eight of Game of Thrones...
TOPICAMay 22, 20196 min read‘I am Ashurbanipal’ – A Retrospective on an ExhibitionTom Langley Between 8th November 2018 and 24th Feb 2019, the British Museum held an exhibition devoted to the last great Assyrian King,...
TOPICAFeb 22, 20195 min readJulie Mehretu and 'the classical eye'Sofia Greaves Julie Mehretu is considered to be among the foremost artists of her generation, and is currently on show at Kettle’s Yard....
TOPICANov 29, 20184 min readEdward Burne-Jones, “The Pre-Raphaelite Visionary” Sofia Greaves Edward Burne-Jones review – an endless procession of the living dead. So says Laura Cumming, at The Observer. She has a low...