Some notes on Rubio's speech at the Pnyx. Sorry but had to do it with screenshots.
Alexandra Sills
@belovedofoizys.bsky.social
Ancient Historian in the UK.🇵🇸 📖'Gladiators in the Greek World' Host of @AncientHistory101.org ADHD + ClusterC. Sweary. Expect typos. Birkbeck and Leicester alum www.ancientalexandra.co.uk https://linktr.ee/alexandrasills
Dr Eleanor Barnett opening things, Sally Grainger (genuinely my heroine!) & Sudi Pigott will join to talk about anchovies, Alexandra Sills & I discussing gladiators diet, Jennie Hood+Prof Giles Gasper talk about how the Normans changed our diet; Paul Couchman talks about Regency food on the move!
Hello, In just 7 days, 17th of October 2026 the second Serve It Forth Food History Festival takes places, online, and all day! I do hope you all going to join me and my colleagues fellow food historians, Sam Bilton, Neil Buttery and Alessandra Pino!
It's my birthday, and my husband took me to the Italian market and deli the next town over who are doing a Truffle Day. When we got there, he said "get whatever you like" and the swoon that I swun... I got quite the haul.
A man on FB just told me that people are increasingly asking for ADHD diagnoses because without them, support is being denied. In the next sentence he said that they should just ask for the support without bothering with a diagnosis. His vote has an equal weight to mine, the mind boggles.
Wrote something a while back about imperialism and claims to meritocracy. The same thing happens over and over because it's always about power. jonn.substack.com/p/rhiannon-g...
Rhiannon Garth Jones on lessons from Rome – and why they’re bad
A guest post from the author of "All Roads Lead to Rome: Why we think of the Roman Empire daily’.
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jamelle@jamellebouie.net · 5d agointeresting that conservatives were militantly “we must reward hustle” when the target was affirmative action at elite universities and now, when faced with the success of south asians and other groups, it is “i think we are too meritocratic”
This is now downloadable for free on the Faculty of Classics website.
A Practical Reader for Euripides' Ion | Faculty of Classics
classics.cam.ac.uk
Matthew Scarborough 𓏎@mattitiahu.bsky.social · last mo.Just got my hard copy of a little summer project that I helped out a bit with: In advance of this Fall's Cambridge Greek Play, Antonia Ruppel organised the creation of a basic student reader of Euripides' Ion using the play's performance text.
So much to look forward to in Series 2, including our first ever episode recorded in front of a live audience! Keep an eye out for ticket announcements...
For #MosaicMonday, a colossal discovery. This is the Great #Mosaic, which I visited last Tuesday beneath the #BathsofTrajan in #Rome. Though fragmentary, this wall mosaic almost defies comprehension due to its quality and vastness. Let's have a look. #AncientBluesky 🏺🧵
Can you really shoot an arrow through 12 axes like Odysseus? Let's see... www.instagram.com/reel/DdW01HK...
Check us out! with @mrssbilton.bsky.social @alessandrapino.bsky.social @neilbuttery.bsky.social @serveitforthfest.bsky.social serveitforthfest.wixsite.com/info
serve it forth food history festival
Serve It Forth provides immersive events on all manners of food and drink history.
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This is a lovely review of my book by @lejenksbrown.bsky.social laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/2026/09/28/r...
Review: Gladiators in the Greek World
Hello lovely nerds, it’s been a moment. I’m firmly back at school, already deep into my courses, and finally back teaching Ancient History A Level again. I hadn’t realised how much I missed it. Alt…
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Alexandra Sills@belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 2w agoNorth Americans!! Gladiators in the Greek World is now available to buy! Pick up a copy and learn about how Greeks enthusiastically greekified the most Roman of professions...
Please congratulate us for not charging you to see all the stuff we stole from you news.sky.com/story/nation...
National museums in England to remain free for overseas visitors
The government previously said charging visitors from abroad could bring "significant benefits" but the culture secretary ruled out the proposals after months of discussions.
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North Americans!! Gladiators in the Greek World is now available to buy! Pick up a copy and learn about how Greeks enthusiastically greekified the most Roman of professions...
It's time for Part 2 of our Series 1 Finale Special Event: Boudica - Unfettered Fury. In Part 1, we set the scene in an Iron Age Britain gradually falling under Roman dominion. In Part 2, we see Boudica wreak havoc on specific targets: Colchester, London and St Albans.
It's a sad day when your Microsoft Office student access expires...
Poor Fox Begging with Mug
ALT: Poor Fox Begging with Mug
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I have a Wednesday deadline, but I am just so ill. I feel like I've been hit by a bus, and my medication is making me too drowsy to do anything. I am so stressed right now
As everyone has observed already, if ONLY she'd dressed in a balaclava and shouted at a hotel, all this could've been avoided!
Defend Our Juries@defendourjuries.bsky.social · 2w agoBREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
I've been getting increasingly sick over the last couple of days so I've been off of the internet. I've just caught up with what happened at Cornell, and maybe it's because I feel so wretched, but I feel a profound sense of despair instead of my usual white-hot rage. Essays? Are you joking? In 2026?
I have a very loud, very persistent cat mewing outside my window. Is this a Lassie situation? Does she want me to follow to to find a child trapped in a well?
What is happening on the 2nd Serve it Forth Food History Festival? -How to get into it -Anchovies -Gladiators! -Regency food on the move! -Norman Conquest! open.spotify.com/episode/0H29... Book your tickets x #foodsky #history
What's on the menu of Serve It Forth 2026?
The Delicious Legacy · Episode
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Featuring Ben Paites, Senior Curator at @colmuseums.bsky.social, Kate Sumnall, Curator of Archaeology at @londonmuseum.bsky.social and Lexi Diggins, archaeologist and guest curator at @stalbansmuseums.bsky.social... Ancient History 101 presents: BOUDICA Part 1: Prelude to Destruction
Nobody, and I mean this, nobody is more excited about Fat Bear Week than my husband.
This has been such a joy to put together, and I'm really proud of what we all created. Part 1 is Prelude to Destruction - and introduction to Iron Age Britain, the development of Roman interactions, who Boudica was and what on Earth could make her so angry...
Ancient History 101 Podcast@ancienthistory101.org · 3w agoStay tuned: tomorrow is (part 1 of) the Grand Finale of Series/Season 1! We've cooked up a real treat, with something not attempted in podcasting until now: A roundtable on Boudica with a museum curator or archaeologist from each of the 3 cities Boudica destroyed - Colchester, London and St Albans!
I'm gathering good roasts for a thing....what are the best clean/not punching down ones you know? Or your kids know? Kids often know best on these matters. Every joker who replies with a picture of some roast lamb will be stopped. Perhaps not today. But one day. I mean insults and you know that.
This time last year I was in Ephesus. Today I am very much not in Ephesus...😭