The Guardian is, of course, wrong about everything all the time, and this piece on David Dimbleby’s tattoo is no … More
Author: Alix
Open access – the nuclear option
Universities do, of course, have one option in the open access war that the publishers may not be considering: they … More
CaSE all-party debate at the Royal Society #1
The call of pie prevented me from watching the whole of tonight’s all-party debating panel (David Willetts, Julian Huppert, Liam … More
The Fingerprints of the Lone Maverick Researcher
I still don’t know whether Graham Robb’s The Ancient Paths is tosh or not. If you dig into the book … More
Mystique and the computer in the museum
Everyone’s favourite Reasonable and Interesting yet Mildly Controversial classicist, Mary Beard, has said something else Reasonable and Interesting and Mildly … More
The narrative device of striding around looking amazed
Lots of terribly clever people who I admire are busy laying into this on Twitter and I can see why. … More
On digging up bones
To my great shame, I’ve never been on an archaeological dig, which is a bit embarrassing if you spend most … More
Things that are not necessarily untrue
One thing I find interesting about the Richard III Society is that (in their collective worldview at least) they seem … More
History on TV: MOAR Richard III
I’ve seen some fantastic historical TV. Frances Pryor’s The Not So Dark Ages was almost 100% flannel-free with some great … More
Richard III and the missing paradigms
On CiF, Charlotte Higgins is getting a hard time with her Richard III piece. This need surprise no-one, because CiF … More
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