The Guardian is, of course, wrong about everything all the time, and this piece on David Dimbleby’s tattoo is no…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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