A monument more everlasting than chips

59 year old academic, classicist, and sf and comics fan. Nottingham and London-based.

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In March, I'm giving an online talk to the Glossop Guild on 'Mythology on the Streets of London', as part of their Zooming Through the Spring series. You don't seem to be able to book individual sessions, but a Season Pass for everything is only £30, which seems to me pretty good value.

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Questionable Content Volume 1 | The Slings & Arrows Graphic Novel Guide

My review of the first volume of Questionable Content has gone up on The Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide. Sadly, it'll be a long while before I do any more.

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Academic talks

Videos featuring me talking about the classical world

I've put together a playlist on YouTube of some talks and videos I've done on the ancient world.

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Just under a year ago I did a talk about the Roman Army for LRAC - The Arts and Humanities Society (AHS). It's now available on their YouTube channel. I think I mostly talk sense.

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EXCLUSIVE: Gladiators - fact and fiction (online lecture)

Online classical studies lecture to coincide with the British Museum's touring Gladiators exhibition and OUSA's Welcome Week 2025

It turns out that you can get tickets for my talk this Thursday on 'Gladiators - fact and fiction'. If you're an OU student, staff or alumnus, apparently you can attend for free.

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In just under a fortnight, I'm doing an online talk for the OU Students Association on 'Gladiators'. You need to be an OU student to attend, but I believe a recording will subsequently be made available.

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In memory of Alan Jeffrey (1967-2024)

[Towards the end of 2023, my dear friend Alan Jeffrey was diagnosed with a brain tumour. It killed him the following July. In November, I sp

It would have been my dear friend Alan Jeffrey's 58th birthday today, so I have taken the opportunity to put up online what I said at the celebration of his life in November.

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Past Vapour Trails

I got asked if any of the Vapour Trails episodes I'd done in the past are still available, and to my surprise, I found most are. In fact, I

New post on Memorabilia Antonina gathering together my past appearances on Vapour Trails.

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I did a radio show, talking about some of my favourite tunes. Includes one track I can almost guarantee you've never heard before. https://www.mixcloud.com/radiolewes/vapour-trails-296-the-tony-keen-mega-selection/

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An Introduction to Greek and Roman Mythology

As a Summer Scholar or a participant in the Notre Dame Leadership Seminars, you'll have access to the Grotto, the Golden Dome, the hallowed

I have, as ever, completely forgotten to plug this until the deadline is almost upon us. An online course I'm teaching for pre-college kids.

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Book Launch: AI in Greek and Roman Epic - Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas

We celebrate the publication of the collected volume Artificial Intelligence in Greek and Roman Epic, edited by Andriana Domouzi and Silvio

This Wednesday I shall be taking part (remotely) in the official launch of the edited volume AI in Greek and Roman Epic.

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Quick updates

A few updates on what I've been doing. I have a chapter in Andriana Domouzi & Silvio Bär's edited collection Artificial Intelligence in Gree

A few snippets of news from the world of me.

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The Open University

It's Roz Kaveney's birthday today, so by way of celebration, here's an interview she did with Practitioners' Voices in Classical Reception about her Catullus versions. (I get a brief namecheck in it.)

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Notes on Doctor Who and History: 'Space Babies', 'The Devil's Chord' and 'Boom'

I have neglected this series of posts about Doctor Who  and human history for a long time. My Doctor Who rewatch stalled over a year ago ear

I have written about history in the opening three episodes of the new season of Doctor Who; note, these are not reviews per se.

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A Greek & Roman Mythology Walk Around London IV: The South Bank

Join mythology teacher and scholar Tony Keen on a tour along the river Thames, looking for figures from Greco-Roman myth in London.

On 8 June, I have a London mythology walk along the South Bank of the River Thames.

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A Walk Around Roman London

The Roman walls defined the borders of London for over a thousand years and on this second tour you will uncover its fascinating history.

I'm leading another Roman London walk on 1 June, for LRAC, the Arts and Humanities Society.