Monday As I’ve spent the last two weeks doing various intensive online courses, I’ve had to put all my usual daily subjects on hold, and
This is summary is a type-up of some notes I took while doing a MOOC with Hillsdale College (the Michigan university I’d love to go
This summary of Ancient Sparta is a type-up of my notes on an excellent Massolit course by Prof. Paul Cartledge of Clare College, Cambridge. Perhaps
Starring: Dominic West, Lena Headey Rating: 6.5/10 300 was based on a comic book about the Battle of Thermopylae, so it was filmed very theatrically
Starring: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Oliver Reed, Richard Harris, Derek Jacobi Rating: 4.5/10 I’ve already seen this film once before and I honestly don’t know
This week, I was doing a Senior Classics course with Academus. I stayed at Nanny’s with Tilly this week to have a bit more peace
Starring: Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman Rating: 7.5/10 This film was about how a man called Henri “Papillon” Charriere (so nicknamed because of his butterfly tattoo)
This week, I’m doing another course with Academus (I did an Ancient Greek one last week), this time on classical studies. I got to choose
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Jake Gyllenhaal Rating: 6.5/10 I’ve been watching a lot of films about serial killers and crime investigations recently – I guess
This week, I did an intensive online course on Classical Greek, from 10am-5pm every day Mon-Fri. I’ve written about my Greek week on this post.