Category Archives: History on the Internet

PTSD in Ancient History … or, How to Disagree Amicably

Posted on August 24, 2014 by owen

Book being read: None at the moment, unless Thucydides counts, but I am always dipping into that so probably not! As regular readers and poor survivors of my obsessive monologues well know, I do a lot of work and research … Continue reading →

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How to get a history book deal

Posted on February 8, 2014 by owen

Book being read; B. Caven, Dionysius I: War-Lord of Sicily, (1990) In January last year (2013) I gave up full time work to become a stay at home Dad. At the same time my wife convinced me to go back … Continue reading →

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AMPAH 2011

Posted on March 12, 2011 by owen

I have just returned from the Annual Meeting of Postgraduates of Ancient History held this year at UCL.  I was fortunate enough to chair two panels, one on Greek Warfare (a position I was not initially going to have but … Continue reading →

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Competition in Irony

Posted on March 1, 2011 by owen

Competition time!  As some of you may know, I work at Shakespeare’s Globe to fund my PhD.  In said Globe, there is a poster written by Bernard Levin called ‘Quoting Shakespeare’, all about the impact of Shakespeare on the English … Continue reading →

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Classics in modern political speech

Posted on February 10, 2011 by owen

  Just a quick thought that arose when my attention was drawn to this rather embarrassing article/interview about ancient Democracy and why, in the academic’s opinion, places like Egypt don’t have one (basically) read here.  Have a read of it, … Continue reading →

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