I feel seen

Merry Christmas!

Haven't *bought* a single present!

Did you ever sit waiting for a train and decide to pass the time in some people watching, only to be confronted with the dawning realisation that you're entirely repulsed by humanity?

Well, I've bitten the bullet and become the owner of www.ancientalexandra.co.uk

The Guardian Angels, but it's just me setting fire to any business thar puts Christmas shit up before December 1st.

Pythagoras would disagree...

I can write this for you if you give me some bullet points

The Shelbiad. I completed my PhD at the University of Glasgow in 2022. My thesis was 'Contemporary Feminist Adaptations of Greek Myths'. I now research contemporary feminism at the University of Derby. If you are i...

New blog post tomorrow on TheShelbiad.blogspot.com 🔮

Lingua Latina Ab Initio - Malta Classics Association The Malta Classics Association (MCA) is once again organising the Lingua Latina Ab Initio (LLAI) series of exam-track courses in Latin. These courses are intended to equip students with familiarity .....

For those who want to dip their toes into the world of Latin, Malta Classics Association are once again running courses. All online, with expert instructors, and competitively priced: classicsmalta.org/lingua-latin...

Alexandra Sills has a Moody Professional Photo™️. Officially unstoppable.

'I can't express how little I care that it's your birthday.'

'I will outlive all of you.'

'Cruelty is the default mode of nature.'

All things I've said to a bunch of 12 year olds this week. Teaching is wild.

A Turkish Roadtrip: What I Saw, What I Loved, What Pissed Me Off A couple of weeks ago, me and my Dad embarked on an epic 3 week road trip through Turkey. For me, it was the culmination of studying for two degrees and then a year writing the manuscript for a book.....

I planned a once-in-a-lifetime road trip, but could Turkey live up to my expectations? ancientalexandra.weebly.com/blog/a-turki...

Autistic StoryTime You may have noticed that I haven’t been around much this year. I used to post on this blog every week, but now I post very rarely. I used to be on all sorts of Classics-related committees, but ear…

Here's a tale for anyone who'd like to know what I've been up to over the last year... and if you're able to help/share, I'd really appreciate it.

Autistic StoryTime – Classical Studies Support share.google/0XfKZucMCoAr...

I told my students there are two basic plots in tragedy: 'Faafo' and 'shguti'. Respectively 'Fuck around and find out' and 'Shit happens, get used to it'.

You were always a certainty.

'Syllabus'?🤣🤣🤣🤣

I've just shown a bunch of 16 year olds a movie where David Lynch interrogates a talking monkey about a murder involving his ex-girlfriend (a chicken called Tootatabon).

Are you as shocked as them?

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Amazing!!!!

Congratulations!!!

In your own files? What about the copy you submitted? Is it available through the college library?

Congratulations!

I would echo much of the advice here, although I would caution against Smithfield. Southside, Stephens Green or Merrion Sq. as focal point.

Buswell's Hotel is excellently situated, a very old-fashioned smaller hotel. Not necessarily the cheapest, but you'll be shocked at room prices here generally.

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Why are all your suitcases so big? Are people packing multiple down jackets or something?

Currently on a train and watching a procession of cargo crates on wheels failing to navigate the aisle through the carriage...

Regarding the Kimmel situation, an overlooked but urgent cause for concern is the fact that nobody seems to know what 'preempt' means. From the initial statement by ABC or whoever, to actual journalists deploying the word in the same incorrect sense, the implications for modern literacy are dire.

How's the serenity?

What movie do consider to be perfect?

If you know, you know. It's the vibe.

I mean, he's not wrong. He's not saying what he thinks he's saying, but he's not wrong.

I'm shocked! (I would have bet money on 120k.)

Happy Birthday! Also, congratulations!

I became a teacher for three reasons: to set up course management systems, worry about AI dissolving my profession, and be broke in my 40s.