In today's @Telegraph, I respond to some interesting claims made by archaeologists last week...
*Insert caveat about not choosing the headline here*
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/11/0…
*Insert caveat about not choosing the headline here*
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/11/0…
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My vain attempts to maintain some semblance of linguistic competence in discussions of Latin inscriptions may be appreciated by @AntigoneJournal and the other Classicists here...
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Gift link now here:
Now with a gift link: my response in yesterday's @Telegraph to some more interesting recent claims by archaeologists. (NB: title courtesy of the subeditor.)
telegraph.co.uk/gift/f698e1ec5…
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Now with a gift link: my response in yesterday's @Telegraph to some more interesting recent claims by archaeologists. (NB: title courtesy of the subeditor.)
telegraph.co.uk/gift/f698e1ec5…
telegraph.co.uk/gift/f698e1ec5…
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Always a pleasure to hear from Henry Mayr-Harting, but this time there are troubling news about Tomaselli's in Salzburg. O tempora, o mores!
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For those who don't know him, Henry is ninety years young and still probably sharper than I've ever been. Truly an extraordinary man!
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(The context of our exchange is that he's written a typically incisive note to accompany a forthcoming article of mine.)
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Levi Roach retweeted
Chris Wickham (1950-2026): A Past & Present Virtual Issue (with all his contributions to that journal) academic.oup.com/past/pages/chr…
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Levi Roach retweeted
Loved doing these ! 👇Hoping hope meet with Anita‘s mum‘s approval! !
The 960th anniversary of Hastings has just passed. Most people think they know the Norman story: 1066, William the Conqueror, the Bayeux Tapestry. Our final two @EmpirePodUK
episodes with @peterfrankopan show how much of it you don't know — and it's utterly fabulous stuff. 🧵
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Levi Roach retweeted
A wonderful obituary of Chris Wickham theguardian.com/books/2026/oct…
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Alas this is true. Quite possibly the most brilliant historian I ever met, but also a thoroughly decent human being. May he rest in peace.
I haven't yet heard an official confirmation from the History Faculty but news are coming from many quarters that Chris Wickham, the greatest medieval historian of our time, has died after a short but awful illness. There is a great silence over the earth.
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Levi Roach retweeted
Line management in an academic context is such an almighty waste of time. It’s such a tragedy to know that so many talented teachers and researchers are frittering their energies on it.
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Delighted and honoured to have been able to experience Ben Pohl's inaugural lecture this evening!
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This is terrible news. I had a lovely correspondence with Frederic and always assumed we'd meet one day. A brilliant scholar, gone far too soon.
In Memoriam: Frederic Clark, classicist who investigated how we divide up time itself
dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories/i…
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Levi Roach retweeted
My latest effort, with a bow to @JamesWHankins1 : staustinreview.org/mining-in-a-lo…
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Levi Roach retweeted
I went to see the Bayeux Tapestry @britishmuseum . Reader, I loved it. historyextralifelessons.substack.com/p/the-bayeux-t…
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Levi Roach retweeted
To paraphrase the commentator who welcomed Obama as America’s first Black president, ‘Is Andy Burnham Catholic? He’s Catholic enough.’ Terrific piece by @James_Macintyre
As the 🇬🇧 Prime Minister settles into the job, @James_Macintyre looks at how ✝️ religion has shaped his politics: ‘Although much has been written about it, the relationship between Mr Burnham and the RC Church remains an enigma.’ #ChurchNews #AndyBurnham churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2026/…
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