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Feb 7, 20198 min read
Democracy, Referendums and Brexit: A Classical Perspective
Zack Case “Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.” Winston...
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Jan 30, 20191 min read
BLogeion. 1. Yeet
Krishnan Ram-Prasad Corruption of third person singular of Lat. i ēre, itself a corruption of Gk Ιἔεμαι, borrowed into English via Low...
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Jan 21, 20192 min read
Quiddity. n.
Joe Grimwade Quiddity: n. 1. The essence of a thing. 2.a. A quibble. 2.b. An eccentricity; a distinctive feature. Two second-rate...
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Jan 16, 20193 min read
Nikandre Kore
Michael Loy The Nikandre Kore is one of the most quietly fantastic pieces of sculpture to survive to us from Greco-Roman antiquity....
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Jan 6, 20197 min read
Gellius teaches us to fight against the algorithm
Nir Stern The amount of knowledge in our world is amazing, staggering really. Knowledge of any kind is being developed and expounded by...
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Jan 3, 20198 min read
Walls and Empires
Tom Langley Walls and Empires, Ancient and Modern Borders, and particularly border walls, dominate the current news cycle. The United...
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Nov 29, 20182 min read
An introduction to... the Platanus:
Nir Stern It was claimed by Marco Polo that out in the vast desert of Persia there grew a single ‘dry tree’ right at spot of the battle...
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Nov 29, 20184 min read
Edward 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...
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Nov 29, 20183 min read
Ruins of Conimbriga, Hispania Lusitania
Joe Grimwade The ruins of Conimbriga comprise one of the largest and most impressive archaeological sites in Portugal. The majority of...
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Nov 23, 20181 min read
Imbricate: v.
Joe Grimwade Imagine: you’re standing at the local bus stop when a man sporting a toga and a proud aquiline nose appears beside you. It...
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