James Hutchinson

Just another lunatic, dreaming of bookshelves stuffed with Greek and Science Fiction, watched by a dog and a pile of marking: what should I choose next?

[Antigone Journal @AntigoneJournal]

Now for a big-but-little encyclopedia: Der Kleine Pauly, the 5-vol abridgment of the mega Pauly Wissowa, issued in 1964-75. This set is from the library of the great Greek historian P.J. Rhodes.

[Heritage Matters🔱 @HeritageMatterz]

Medieval girdle book, breviarium from the late 1450's.

[Antigone Journal @AntigoneJournal]

Time for the Antigone Spring Books Give-away! 40+ books and pamphlets on offer worldwide. Just repost this message and follow us, and on Sunday 3 names will be drawn. 1st chooses 20 things, 2nd 12, 3rd gets the rest. We'll add details of the items over coming days. Good luck all!

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

Three weeks ago, Alex Pretti was murdered by the United States Government.

RETWEET to honor this American Patriot 🇺🇸

[Classics@UnivReading @UniRdg_Classics]

The BA in Classics at Reading enables you to study Ancient Greek and Latin and work directly with museum artefacts. Find out about Eadwyn's experience in the Department of Classics and the on-site @uremuseum:
https://t.co/DR7AwP9Zrl

[Gurdeep Pandher of the Yukon @GurdeepPandher]

Joy doesn't wait for permission or perfect timing. It doesn't postpone itself until every wound has healed, until the chaos settles, until the ledger of life balances itself. Instead, joy emerges like wildflowers through concrete — in the spaces we least expect it, through the fissures of our carefully constructed defenses. It arrives as a sudden burst of golden light piercing winter's gray veil, as the inexplicable warmth of a stranger's smile when we needed it most, as the bridge of connection spanning the gulf between two lonely souls. I've witnessed its stubborn persistence in my own journey, even through downturns of life, burning like a match struck in a cave, small but undeniable, refusing to be extinguished no matter how fierce the wind.
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This winter, I brought to life something that has lived in my imagination for years—the first annual print edition of The Gurdeep Magazine. It features writing from other contributors alongside my own work. If you feel called to hold this warmth of printed words in your hands, visit https://t.co/BXgkHE1cIT.

[Gurdeep Pandher of the Yukon @GurdeepPandher]

In a world heavy with sorrow, we hunger for what sustains us: joy like bread, hope like water, kindness like shelter. Each act of compassion becomes a small rebellion against despair—a deliberate choice to build bridges where others erect walls. The world we dream of isn't handed down from above; we weave it between us, thread by thread, one gentle gesture at a time. Through this video, I send joy to every heart.
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This winter, I brought to life something that has lived in my imagination for years—the first annual print edition of The Gurdeep Magazine. It features writing from other contributors alongside my own work. If you feel called to hold this warmth of printed words in your hands, visit https://t.co/BXgkHE1cIT.

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

Officer Jeffrey Smith bravely defended our Capitol on January 6th against Trump's insurrectionists. He suffered deep trauma after the day's events and later died by suicide. One year ago, Donald Trump pardoned his attackers.

RETWEET to honor Officer Smith's life today ❤️

[Historic Cricket Pictures @PictureSporting]

Chris Strickland's picture of players from Wooler Cricket Club look for a lost ball in a silage field in the Northumberland league was a runner up in the 2021 Wisden Photograph of the Year competition

[Gurdeep Pandher of the Yukon @GurdeepPandher]

Joy isn't found in some future destination—it's woven into today's imperfect moments. Yet while we wait for life to improve, we forget to practice noticing beauty in ordinary experiences. Time slips away while we guard the gates of "someday," only to turn around and find years scattered behind us.
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This winter, I brought to life something that has lived in my imagination for years—the first annual print edition of The Gurdeep Magazine. It features writing from other contributors alongside my own work. If you feel called to hold this warmth of printed words in your hands, visit https://t.co/BXgkHE1cIT.

[James Hutchinson @jash147]

@ArmandDAngour @PaulMcKenna4 Or even eheu

[James Hutchinson @jash147]

@ArmandDAngour @PaulMcKenna4 Whey

[Bricktop_NAFO @Bricktop_NAFO]

Do you believe the UK should rejoin the European Union?

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Please share for a larger and more accurate pool of answers.

[Simon Knott @TheSimonKnott]

The poet TS Eliot died #OTD 4 January 1965.

[T. S. Eliot Foundation @eliotfoundation]

'We die with the dying:
See, they depart, and we go with them.
We are born with the dead:
See, they return, and bring us with them.'

Remembering T. S. Eliot who died on 4th January 1965

[sententiae antiquae @sentantiq]

“#War is father and king of everything”

Πόλεμος πάντων μὲν πατήρ ἐστι, πάντων δὲ
βασιλεύς…#Heraclitus

[Athanasius @Athanasius_45]

Thucydides with a brief introduction to international law:

The powerful do as they are able and the weak agree to whatever they can get.
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δυνατὰ δὲ οἱ προύχοντες πράσσουσι καὶ οἱ ἀσθενεῖς ξυγχωροῦσιν.
History of the Peloponessian War 5.89