Paul 4Jags
@paul4jags.bsky.social
Posting on social media in a personal capacity about stuff I like, such as running, hillwalking, social history, big books, terrible music, and awful football teams.
"I have gazed on the face of Agamemnon" Heinrich Schliemann declared when he excavated a royal tomb at Mycenae in 1876. Just as he had absolutely and definitely found Troy previously. He was a man not lacking in self-confidence and a brass neck. Truth be damned. It's hard not to admire his chutzpah.
Ever since my daughter pointed out that these solar powered street lamps look a bit Nazi, I can't unsee it. Bringing darkness where there was light.
While in Greece, I've enjoyed reading some Greek takes on Christopher Nolan's Odyssey. I liked this one. "The Odyssey: Explaining the film's final scene and its difference from Homer's epic. - War is awful, man." It's been a big box office success here, funnily enough. gr.ign.com/untitled-chr...
The Odyssey: Εξηγώντας την τελευταία σκηνή της ταινίας και την διαφορά της από το έπος του Ομήρου
Ο πόλεμος είναι απαίσιος, φίλε.
gr.ign.com
The science part of my brain can't help but reading the bilingual signs of bridge heights in Greece as being measured in micrometres. Tiny bridges.
I love these skelly-eyed statuettes, 2000 year old funerial memorials to two Greek athletes. I'd say it was a artistic decision by their maker to give them a humorous, askew face. No?
They keep releasing Spider-Man films when I'm abroad...giving me a perfect excuse for visiting yet another foreign cinema. The lovely Cine Cinema in Amaliada tonight, a nicely converted former ice factory building. Thwip!
Should you ever find yourself in Pontedera, home of Piaggio, and, tbh, there is no other reason why you would, you must go to its Vespa museum, a homage to Italian style, La Dolce Vita and Mods. And a genius post-war economic success story.
Within an hour the fire was spreading quickly, while planes and helicopters were already water bombing a fire we could see across the other side of the Gulf of Corinth. Best wishes to the members of the fire services that were rushing towards it as we headed in the opposite direction. 2/2
We've been in Greece a week and today saw an alarming increase in wildfires, fanned by high winds. We stopped for lunch in Nafpakos. No fire when we drove into town. Soon fire had started on the hillside east of town, with those around us receiving emergency alerts on their phones. 1/2
We've been in Greece a week and today saw an alarming increase in wildfires, fanned by high winds. We stopped for lunch in Nafpakos. No fire when we drove into town. Soon fire had started on the hillside east of town, with those around us receiving emergency alerts on their phones. 1/2
It's been a while since I've seen a Lada Niva. An aspirational vehicle for 1980s Communists, but better suited to climates where rust is a lesser risk than in Scotland.
Chinese poster for the new Spider-Man film makes me want to start buying film posters again.
Last few days to catch the excellent wee exhibition on the history of @partickthistle.bsky.social at @maryhillburghhalls.bsky.social. My fav was the mascot section. Also theres a good cafe in the burgh hall!
“Unfurling due east of Inverness in a series of vast sand dunes, shingle bars, pine-edged marshes and sandstone skerries, this coastline is both cinematic and unusually varied” —Why Scotland’s cinematic Moray coast made it a perfect location to shoot The Odyssey www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/...
Why Scotland’s cinematic Moray coast made it a perfect location to shoot The Odyssey
‘Legends cling like barnacles to these shores,’ says our local writer, who reveals how the lore of these craggy cliffs and beaches resonates with the Homeric classic
theguardian.com
Getting ready for the Commonwealth Games on a budget, 2026.
The altar in the Sakramentskapelle of the Madonna in den Trümmern, Kõln. Unfortunately my brain can only interpret it as the control column of a Catholic TARDIS.
Without saying your age, what is your favourite movie released the year you turned 18?
Bloodsport Shocked Kung Fu Fighter
ALT: Bloodsport Shocked Kung Fu Fighter
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Neil Mackay@neilmackay.bsky.social · 2w agoWithout saying your age, what is your favourite movie released the year you turned 18?
Some of us are quite pleased that this game is exactly as dull as some of us predicted.
this is brilliant fun. all games should be played with zero sporting stakes but about three centuries of mutual animosity #thefootball
Remember, both the Iliad and the Odyssey were originally audiobooks.
An epic afternoon at the cinema with my family watching the Christopher Nolan version of Ulysses 31. I shall say nothing more, thus avoiding spoilers (of this 3000 year old story), but glad they used the original theme tune.
Paul 4Jags@paul4jags.bsky.social · 3w agoGlad they finally made the sequel to this. Looking forward to seeing it. #odyssey
Burnham decides to burn 'em all down. Wildfires across the globe and THIS is your first policy announcement? BBC News - Burnham to announce plans for new North Sea oil and gas drilling - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Burnham to announce plans for new North Sea oil and gas drilling
Drilling has become a controversial topic for the Labour party after the 2024 manifesto pledged to not issue new licences.
bbc.co.uk
Happy 45th birthday to Soft Cell's version of Tainted Love, released on this day in 1981
