Scratching around down under
It was a few months ago now that I returned from my research trip to Australia. But what with life intervening in all sorts of ways, including having to finish A People’s History of Classics (forthcoming with Routledge) co-written with Edith Hall, I haven’t until now had a moment to collect my thoughts about Australia, […]
Classical Reception at Kazan Federal University
Respected Colleagues (as the polite Russians say), this a report from my recent adventure to Kazan. It was my birthday when Edith Hall (KCL), Richard Alston (RHUL) and I flew out, more or less bright eyed if not quite bushy tailed, to Tatarstan.
A View from the Wild Surf
Happy February! Last time we spoke I was on my way to meet Helen Lindsay (above), heritage consultant and daughter of the British poet Jack Lindsay (1900-1990). Well, that was back in December and today, you can listen to our podcast, fresh from the cutting room desk. Here it is. Or, I suppose, you could get the whole Conversations on Communism series directly to […]
Colin Chambers: Cultures of Communism
Happy December! Tomorrow afternoon I’m meeting up with Helen Lindsay in Greenwich market. Helen is the daughter of the leftist poet and translator Jack Lindsay (1900-1990). One of the things we’ll be talking about is the invasive and ideologically motivated surveillance she feels her father was subject to over decades for his political beliefs and cultural activities […]
