Mar 11, 2010
Mid-Week Notes
Rob MacDougall,"Playful Historical Thinking," Old is the New New, 8 March, MacDougall,"Survival of the Funnest," Old is the New New, 9 March, and MacDougall,"A Demonstration," Old is the New New, 10 March, summon us to come out and play.
Here, Bob Dylan casts a skeptical eye at Sir Kenneth.* There is no known evidence, however, that Dover was chuckling at the memory of Trevor Aston's suicide. Hat tip.
*Am I wrong or does this picture look like a still from the new"Alice in Wonderland" flick?
Paul Lay previews"Paul Sandby RA: Picturing Britain, A Bicentenary Exhibition," an exhibit in the Sackler Wing of London's Royal Academy of Arts, for History Today, 9 March. See also: Mary Beard, 10 March.
Adam Kirsch,"Orthodox Liberal," Tablet, 9 March, reviews Abigail Green's Moses Montefiore: Jewish Liberator, Imperial Hero.
Joanna Bourke reviews Bernhard Schlink's Guilt about the Past for the London Times, 27 February.
Finally, farewell to a distinguished classicist, Sir Kenneth Dover.
Here, Bob Dylan casts a skeptical eye at Sir Kenneth.* There is no known evidence, however, that Dover was chuckling at the memory of Trevor Aston's suicide. Hat tip.
*Am I wrong or does this picture look like a still from the new"Alice in Wonderland" flick?