Philip Beagon

Quondam Head of Classics, Oldham Hulme Grammar School

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Which I should have identified as Amphipolis! But then, if you are reading this you already knew that!

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Retired as classicist five years ago but today I visited a place which caught my imagination at school, 50 years ago. And its stunning! The ossuary of Brasidas, the Lion, the wild flowers. Its a huge site but I had it to myself, along with my taxi-driver called Sophocles!

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Well, I should have put some money on that!😀

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How about Leo XIV as next pope's name?

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High Street, Belfast 1871.

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@wil_gan13339 Willie McGann??

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Plus ca change....plus c'est la meme chose.
Horn Head, Co. Donegal, 1968 and 2024.

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@wil_gan13339 Hello. Just seen your reference to Gola but I'm sorry but I'm not sure who you are!

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@AndrewRiceGolf @Skukuzagolfclub Tee-time?

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Great view of Venice today on way home from Kefalonia #Venice

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The Moon over Dundrum and Newcastle Bays and fluffy cloud-topped Mournes, as seen from the 9.20 pm flight from Belfast International to Mamchester this evening.

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Ridiculous drop allowed there for Schauffele and I think your commentators think so too but wont say out loud @SkyGolf

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An old diary has reminded me that Mary Travers was murdered 40 years ago today. I was a friend of her brother. RIP.

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Measuring the apparent angular diameter of the Moon and hence its distance, last Sunday evening as part of my OU astronomy course. Came to 353190 km. Not bad estimate for five minutes with a 2 m stick and a 5p piece. Feeling in touch with my inner Eratosthenes!#openuniversity

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@ChadWeather My car temp showed 8 degrees as I set out from Marple Bridge at start of squall. It was 3.5 by time I reached Dan Bank, leaving Marple for Stockport, about 4 mins later.

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https://t.co/Ceg66Bzh0V
Annual invitation, on his feast day, to read the fun story (translated by me) of how a angry ghost brought about the discovery of the relics of the proto-martyr, Stephen #SaintStephen

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View north from Bangor Bay on christmas afternoon.

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Example of just how strong winds are currently. Was tracking son's flight over southern Scotland when I noted an A380 from New York to Dubai doing 725mph, not far short of speed of sound. It had crossed the Atlantic in less than 5 hours.@ChadWeather

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@carolemadge You can see why people might have believed it, given the stunning way Argaeus rises from the plain. It gives full value as a mountain.

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@carolemadge The proof

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@carolemadge In my D.Phil. on Basil of Caesarea, there is a footnote, kindly calculated by Tim Ferris, quondam Demy of Magdalen College, Oxford, proving that in fact one cannot see both the Black Sea snd the Mediterranean from the summit of Argaeus!