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Richard Ashdowne

@RKAshdowne

Linguist, classicist, lexicographer, aviator

 Oxford
Joined July 2012
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A breathtakingly talentless American 'musical' contribution to the Olympics closing ceremony. Unbelievable.
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Are you a researcher at a UK-based university? Language Acts and Worldmaking, based at King’s College London, is looking for researchers to complete their survey for a British Academy-funded project on the role language skills play in academic research: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk…
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ALCS@ALCS_UK18 Mar 2024
Your words are the seeds, we just shake the branches 🌱 Happy #ALCSDay to all writers!
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Ian Leslie
@mrianleslie25 Nov 2023
The Ruffian has LANDED. This week's is about academic historians who are destroying their own discipline. ian-leslie.com/p/the-end-of-…
The End of History

The End of History

Academic historians are destroying their own discipline

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.@Stagecoach_Ox Second time this week that the 2110 s3 from Oxford has failed to show up, without any explanation or apology. Care to offer either?
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The answer is in the question! bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-66…
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Many of those right at the top of Government designing and imposing lockdown policies had clearly made a judgement on their own level of risk, acting accordingly - why couldn't we?
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Taking advantage of the fine weather (at last!) for a brief sortie to Halfpenny Green
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🧵(1/8) This new report from @HEPI_news adds to the growing bank of evidence demonstrating the enormous value of education and training in the humanities: hepi.ac.uk/2023/03/30/humani…
Humanities education is a UK strength: New report shows it is a mistake to set up a Humanities vs...

Humanities education is a UK strength: New report shows it is a mistake to set up a Humanities vs...

A new report published today by the Higher Education Policy Institute and the Russell Group’s Pro-Vice-Chancellors / Deans of Arts and Humanities Network shows Humanities subjects are playing a major...

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Another delightful evening, this time in Univ welcoming back some of our students who finished their courses during the summer 2020 lockdown.
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Replying to @Stagecoach_Ox
@Stagecoach_Ox why is the 1703 S3 from Chipping Norton running over 30 mins late?
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No further explanation required. RIP.
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IN OUR TIME: SOLON THE LAWGIVER 23 March 2023 Professor Bill Allan joins Melvyn Bragg and guests to discuss the statesman and poet whose political and legal reforms transformed Athens in the 6th century BC. The episode will be available here: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001k7w…
BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Solon the Lawgiver

BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Solon the Lawgiver

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the statesman who transformed Athens in the 6th century BC

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Liz Ashdowne@lizashdowne20 Mar 2023
Pure gold!
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@DrFrancisYoung20 Mar 2023
On the theme of Atlantis and lost islands and continents, when was the island of Sodor lost to the sea, and did it suffer a Númenor-like fate owing to the hubris of the Fat Controller?
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Kevin Wilbraham@KPW145320 Mar 2023
12th century wall painting of St. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne in the Galilee Chapel at Durham Cathedral. Today is St. Cuthbert’s feast day. #MedievalMonday
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Well, that was utterly delightful!
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A question: the Ancient Greeks and Romans spoke Greek and Latin, so how important is it for Classicists to know Greek and Latin? This issue now divides opinion. Today, Wolfgang de Melo of @oxfordclassics offers a 2-part defence for teaching the languages: antigonejournal.com/2023/03/…
Classics in Translation? A Personal Angle (Part I)

Classics in Translation? A Personal Angle (Part I)

WOLFGANG DE MELO On the value of translation.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet@LeVostreGC4 Feb 2023
Spydere Man, Spydere Man Doth al things a spydere kan Sondry webbes he kan weaven Thieves lyke flyes he kan cacchen Lo! anon cometh Spydere Man
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.@OxfordBusCo taking the racing line?
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Hallelujah for The Chord.
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Matt Cartoons@MattCartoonist17 Dec 2022
'There's no rail strike today. All cancellations are running normally.'⁠ ⁠ My latest cartoon for tomorrow's @Telegraph Subscribe to my weekly newsletter to receive my unseen cartoons: telegraph.co.uk/premium/matt…
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