Giving up the ghost – is Classics really dead?
There is no denying it. I do spend a lot of my degree learning a language that is literally dead. Time and time again,...
From Christian Cole to Andi Marsh to Deborah Ogunnoiki
"I am a Black, state-school-educated woman, and that is why Christian Cole is such an important part of Black British History in Oxford."
“Rage and heartbreak” – Review: Medea
"[Medea] is a truly frightening figure as she stalks the quad, coming right up to the audience and looking them in the eye as she delivers some of the most acerbic lines of the play."
Review: Songs of the Silenced // Musketeer Productions
In the maelstrom of reinterpretations of misunderstood Homeric women and Greek tragedy revivals, the show’s lyrics stand out for consistently centring the core themes and questions asked by the ancient texts themselves.
Auntythetical: The pressure of the dreaming spires
Everything that I thought made me worthy of being here, that I fought to read and learn alongside my studies, feels insignificant
The Classics on Stage
When I think of stage classics, productions like Les Miserables, The Lion King, and Wicked come to mind. These are all shows which hold...
‘I’ve read the secret, I know the meaning’: When rap and classical literature meet
"What do Charles Dickens, Alice in Wonderland and Kilburn-bred rapper M Huncho have in common? Quite a lot, as it happens."
‘[I]n spring the soil swells’: Poetry’s favourite season through the ages
Spring has been extolled in poetry perhaps more than any other season. Since antiquity, poets have associated spring with growth and celebration making their poems are a joy to read this time of year.
Translation questions dropped from most FHS Classics exams
"The Faculty of Classics has announced that all exams, excluding Second Classical Language, will be run open book and will now exclude translation questions."
O Cypris
'O Cypris!
I must rank among those who seek your nectar.'
Classics Moderations cancelled and replaced with Prelims
"Thank you for your lucid and well-argued letter about Mods, which was passed to the Chair of the Moderators, and was taken into account by the board of examiners when they considered what course to adopt. You will soon be receiving a formal announcement from the university that the decision has been taken to cancel Mods and set a Classics Prelim exam instead."
Oxford project to research origins of coinage
A new project investigating the origins of money has been announced by the Faculty of Classics at Oxford University.
The project is set to last...
All treat, no terror – Halloween horrors for scardy cats
This year, Halloween is probably going to involve a movie night-in rather than a night out on the town. But not to fear! The...
Classics for the 21st Century: The Importance of Reception Studies
For those who study Classics, the question that begins many conversations in your first year of an undergraduate degree, “What do you study?”, can...
