We have a new advocate, Dr. Bucephalus. There is little in his appearance to remind you that he was once Alexander of Macedon’s battle charger. Of course, if you know his story, you are aware of something. Continue reading The new advocate
Pictures from an excursion – and a few more on loan. Continue reading Into the woods
Dinos with the retinue of Dionysus and some wild dance music from 1964. Continue reading Down to the real nitty gritty
Without Euclid, boys, mathematics would be a poor doddering thing. Without Euclid we wouldn’t be able to go from here to there. Without Euclid the bicycle would have no wheel. Without Euclid St. Joseph could not have been a carpenter for carpentry is geometry and geometry is carpentry. Continue reading Euclid, geometry, idiot
One often wonders at the modernity of ancient works of art: more than two and a half millennia have passed since the creation of this Egyptian faience statuette, yet it would hardly be surprising to encounter such a striped dress on the street – or even on the catwalk! Continue reading Catwalk
