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Oliver Clarke

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Curatorial Assistant, Heberden Coin Room, @AshmoleanMuseum. Greek and Hellenistic historian. Quondam quizzer @OUQuizSoc & rower @NewCollegeBC. Lapsed Brummie

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Very much looking forward to getting my hands on a copy of this

Out now! Hutchinson’s Polybius: Book 8 | The first edition to show Polybius as an extraordinary writer and not just as a historian. Find out more: ☑️ cup.org/4nyCtol #classicstwitter

CambUP_Classics's tweet image. Out now! Hutchinson’s Polybius: Book 8 | The first edition to show Polybius as an extraordinary writer and not just as a historian. 
Find out more: ☑️ cup.org/4nyCtol
#classicstwitter


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It’s big, it’s brash, it’s the most controversial restaurant event of the year. It’s Carbone, London. thetimes.com/article/d95ac3…



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I always found this bit of memoir by the late Tom Braun of Merton (a child refugee from the Nazis) an exceptionally touching one: the British spirit one felt an immediate sympathy for by comparison with the Soviet block, too.

GeorgyKantor's tweet image. I always found this bit of memoir by the late Tom Braun of Merton (a child refugee from the Nazis) an exceptionally touching one: the British spirit one felt an immediate sympathy for by comparison with the Soviet block, too.

Work at the moment requires me to read lots of quite lengthy books, so looking for my fun reading to be short stories/novellas etc. to break that up. Hit me with you recommendations, recent reads etc.


Becoming a massive fan of the Oregon Coast (we were just in a town where the whales come up metres from the shore)


Important @namesnotkrindy find in Newport, Oregon

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Today's Classic Cover of the Day is Sabriel by Garth Nix, illustrated by husband-and-wife pair Leo and Diane Dillon!

reactormag's tweet image. Today's Classic Cover of the Day is Sabriel by Garth Nix, illustrated by husband-and-wife pair Leo and Diane Dillon!

Some of the most exciting work going on in the field at the moment!

Ithaca's not back - it's better. 📢 Introducing #AENEAS, the first AI model for contextualising Roman inscriptions, designed to help historians better interpret, attribute and restore fragmentary texts 🔎 Read the paper, published today in @Nature, at nature.com/articles/s4158…



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