Classic Letdowns: Vanity Fair
Googling the words Vanity Fair brings up a popular publication, a 2004 movie starring Reese Witherspoon and a 2018 BBC show, and finally, the...
All Greek to Me: Why we can’t get enough of modern takes on ancient literature
Greek and Latin works have inspired literature throughout the ages - authors were, and still are, constantly riffing off one another, with even Virgil,...
A little clueless never hurt nobody: the value of revisiting old favourites
Re-watching allows us to change and to recognise growth within ourselves
The symbiosis of high and pop culture
Engrained in the very notion of ‘popular
culture’ is an implication that it is a base derivative of ‘high culture’ – but
does this opinion remain...
Ancient statues reveal their true colours
Imagine for a moment that you’re standing in Ancient Greece. Theatres, temples, and statues, which survive to us only as ruins, stand intact all around you, white marble gleaming in the Mediterranean sun.
Rebellion and Art
Picture a circle of people holding hands, dancing around. Nothing particularly remarkable about that, right? Now imagine half of them as skeletons.
Fry ‘held audience in the palm of his hand’ in Mythos performance
Fry has enough charisma and charm to match any of the Olympian characters in his tales, but could he hold the audience’s attention for such a mythological marathon as this?
Stephen Fry on Mythos
James Rampton speaks to one of the nation's favourite story tellers about the upcoming production of his book 'Mythos'
Last Supper in Pompeii
The enticing title doesn’t do justice, however, to the breadth of the collection: 400 objects from around the Roman world and beyond, covering centuries, showcasing the Romans’ relationship to food and drink.
Over two thirds of Classics students privately educated for last five years
Fewer than 25% of Oxford classicists attended UK state schools.
Is sadness ‘all Greek’ to you? – Greek tragedy in the modern day
Can Greek tragedies be staged for a modern audience?
‘A bit of Bah Humbug’: Christmas in Great Expectations
Dickens is the perfect post-Christmas antidote to anyone exhausted by the festive season
Mary Beard interview – “The ancient world is a safe space for arguing”
Mary Beard discusses the Classics, political-polarisation, and access with Barney Pite
Lysistrata Review – ‘some over-directing vitiates a few performances’
Katie Sayer's anticipation of Oriel Classics Society's interpretation of a bizarre Greek comedy turns out to be a tragedy
