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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Tyrant Slayers
Thoughts on the day Muammar Gaddafi was killed This will be a crucial day in Libya’s history – so much is certain. The day a tyrant dies cannot be anything else. But what will we, what will the Libyans remember? … Continue reading
Posted in Current events, Inventing the Past
Tagged Athens, Democracy, Libya, Tyrant slayers, Tyrants
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Knock-Down University
The Guardian today has a report about a ‘no frills university college’ which will start recruiting this week. Coventry University College offers degrees for £4800, with teaching going on for 42 weeks a year, 7 days a week, 7am to 10pm on weekdays. Courses … Continue reading
Posted in Universities
Tagged Higher education, Independent Thinking, Tuition fees, University Market
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The Trouble with Universities in Wales
Just over a week ago, the Times Higher Education Supplement brought out this year’s World Universities Rankings. Although universities live and die by such ranking exercises these days, we should take such elaborate attempts to compare apples with oranges with … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Universities
Tagged Higher education, Tuition fees, Universities, University Funding
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Building the Parthenon
It’s time to talk about the photograph at the top of my blog. It’s part of a picture I took on the Acropolis of Athens in summer 2007: let’s call it The Parthenon Under Construction (Again). Of course, ancient buildings … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Inventing the Past
Tagged Athens, Byzantine Greece, Classicism, Greece, Ottoman Greece, Restoration, Ruins
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A few words on the UK Citizenship Test
On Monday Prime Minister Cameron gave a speech on immigration. There is a lot I might say about this speech, much of it rather grumpy, but I’d like to concentrate on one short passage – his plans for the UK … Continue reading
Working Memories
One of those magnificent German words which can’t quite be translated into English is Erinnerungsarbeit. It describes the effort that goes into remembering, into giving the past its due and making sure that important lessons are not forgotten. As you might … Continue reading