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#OnThisDay 1974: children's classic Bagpuss first aired on BBC One. Created by Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate, it ran for just 13 episodes, but remains a cult programme for millions. In 2005, both men reminisced about how they made the show.

They can’t park the bus

You enter a hardware shop and think you delevoped astigmatism.

JOB in the Department of Philosophy and Classics, University of Ghana. cohold.ug.edu.gh/announcement/v…

Splendid initial, length of the page, with crucifixion in centre. From CCC MS 033 Glossed Gospels of Mark and John, twelfth or early thirteenth century. #GoodFriday The Parker Library

About to dive into this new book by Joel Budd, journalist, historian, and my first neighbour Clare College.

Thanks to the generosity of Cambridge University Press - Classics and support from Classics@Cambridge we have been able to donate these books to the Classical Association of Ghana, University of Ghana and University of Cape Coast (UCC). Here they are ready to be catalogued in their new home.

My copies of this volume arrived today. Congratulations to the editors! global.oup.com/academic/produ…

JOB: The Faculty of Classics and the Fitzwilliam Museum are seeking to appoint a Senior Curator of Mediterranean Antiquities. For more details: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51149/

Lots of material here for verse comp. exams.

Don’t miss your chance to read new Cambridge Element Philosophy of Mathematics from the Pythagoreans to Euclid by Barbara M. Sattler Free access available until 6 May. cup.org/42n12fY #cambridgeelements #philosophy

Jacques Brunschwig on the history of philosophy.

Frisbee Sheffield is speaking at the Aristotelian Society next Monday! Come along for her talk 'Socrates and Dialogue as the Greatest Good'. Draft paper & abstract on our website! 📍 Woburn Suite, Senate House ⏰ 17:30 on Monday 12 May 2025 🔗 aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceeding…

Trying out the dictation in MS Word. One of the ancient authors pleasingly comes out as "dodgy knees layer tious".

1/3 We're back with our #which3books series, where members of Classics@Cambridge tell us about what they've been up to by sharing 3 books they've borrowed from our collection. This year's 1st episode features Emma Arnold (King's College, Cambridge), whose 1st pick is 'Why Read the Classics?'

One of those great European knights

There's now only 2 days until our annual damaged book sale at the The Pitt Building! 🙌 Starting on Monday 12 May it will be running for 2 weeks, ending on Sunday 25 May, and everything MUST go... 📚 Hopefully see you there for massive savings! 🤩

I'm appearing among the speakers at this event on 20 May under the auspices of medphiluk.com/home. It's online, so you can go to the webpage to register.

🚨 We're hiring two exciting senior curatorial roles! 🖼️ Senior Curator: Historic & Modern Paintings 🏺 Senior Curator: Mediterranean Antiquities 🔗 Full details and how to apply: bit.ly/43h1qwP

"Localizing the Indigenous, Globalizing the Classics: Femi Osofisan’s Adaptations of the Greek Classics" A Classics Beyond Borders event, July 10th, 14:30, G.21 Classics@Cambridge