God I love Paul Bettany as Chaucer 🤌🏻 (This post brought to you by my annual watch of A Knight’s Tale)
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Dr Victoria Austen
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I am extremely clumsy so a whole genre of the messages I receive from my boyfriend is videos of pandas doing this sort of thing with the line “it you” 😅
Paul BronksPlease take a moment out of your day to marvel at the balletic poise, calm elegance and graceful athleticism of the panda.
Lucky enough to hear a snippet of this material when @caeliambulator.bsky.social spoke at UIUC earlier this year! Run don’t walk to order yourself a copy!
Princeton University PressHow goods and people in motion across the ancient world were entangled through consumption. Sea of Treasures by @caeliambulator.bsky.social is now available (15 September UK/EU pub). Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #AncientWorld #AncientHistory #History
Homer, of course, famously hated starting his narratives in the middle of things.
lastpositivistMatt Walsh complains that Nolan brought his obsession with nonlinear story telling to the Odyssey, undercutting the original's narrative. The defenders of western civilisation, folks.
For me, at least, the much more interesting question has always been: ‘what are the changes and why might they have been made in this moment by this person?’ Which naturally leads to lots of other interesting questions!
Rev. Dr. Liz GloynApropos of nothing, surely the most dull, soul-destroying and tedious question in classical reception is to ask 'how faithful is this to the ancient sources?'
The only problem (for FIFA) is that it was scored by Spain.
Jessica ElgotWhat exactly is the problem with this goal?
Further comment: “I can’t see this catching on in the Premier League” 💀
Dr Victoria AustenMy 76 year old British dad every single time someone appears as part of this half-time show: WHO IS THAT?