W idely regarded as the world’s most famous classicist, Prof Mary Beard, 68, is a television and radio presenter, trustee of the British Museum, classics editor of the TLS , and the author of more tha...
09.25.2023 Theguardian.com and 1 sitesBest known for its beachy lifestyle, the Bay of Plenty ’s biggest city hides some stunning parks and gardens in its interior thanks, in part, to its famously sunny climate. From a mission garden with ...
09.28.2023 Stuff.co.nz and 1 sitesAccording to what I’m seeing on the internet, men of the 21st century think a lot about the Roman Empire. I suppose, in that I’ve been receiving a flood of unsolicited pictures of the Colosseum and su...
09.24.2023 Latimes.com and 6 sites“A mind that is anxious about the future and unhappy before misfortune even arrives is a disaster, ” wrote the Stoic philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca. It will never be at rest, and while overwhelmed ...
09.24.2023 Cnn.comHarare Bureau ZIMSTATS director general Taguma Mahonde, who is facing a plethora of criminal charges, including obstructing the course of justice, fraud and corruption, yesterday appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa who remanded him in custody to next week for bail ruling. This was after the State and its witness, who is the investigating officer Eric Chacha from the Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission opposed granting of bail. It is the State’s case that on June 24, 2019 Mahonde ...
09.29.2023 Chronicle.co.zw and 2 sitesSIR – Sir Keir Starmer has insisted that Britain will not diverge from EU regulations if Labour wins power at the next general election – in order to avoid conflict ( report, September 22 ). I wonder ...
09.24.2023 Telegraph.co.ukA TikTok craze is telling me that people want to know what men think about when they think about Rome. Unlike most TikTok trends, this one does not seem strange to me at all. But then again, it’s my j...
09.25.2023 Nationalgeographic.comPage often plays villains and antiheroes—Lear, Richard III, Claudius, Brutus, Green Goblin, Grinch, Scar, Scrooge—roles that go to men of a certain vocal register; Page is a bass. Onstage, at least, p...
09.25.2023 Newyorker.comAlexandr Spatari—Getty Images By Olivia B. Waxman September 26, 2023 4: 10 PM EDT T o a historian of ancient Rome like Mary Beard, it’s always timely to talk about the empire. But her new book about t...
09.26.2023 Time.comThe result to these Rabbis was, that the inspired books which spoke of this Divine guidance and government became objects of superstitious reverence, just in proportion as they lost all understanding of their real value and meaning. Nevertheless, thi...
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