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Episode 55: In Medias Res
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Ancient historian Katie Low joins Chris to talk about why ancient history has so much to teach us about modern Brexit. Will Brexit be the UK's Sicilian Expedition? (Yes.) Is Boris Johnson the modern Alcibiades? (Sort of.) Is Jacob Rees Mogg a modern Cicero? (No.) Is Jeremy Corbyn the modern Julius Caesar? (No but Seumas Milne might be.) With a side order of griping at British educational elitism.
Katie's guest post on Chris' blog
Timothy Snyder's speech for Europe Day 2019 - "we are more than our myths"
Special Guest: Katie Low.
74 episodes
Manage episode 235997225 series 2512974
Ancient historian Katie Low joins Chris to talk about why ancient history has so much to teach us about modern Brexit. Will Brexit be the UK's Sicilian Expedition? (Yes.) Is Boris Johnson the modern Alcibiades? (Sort of.) Is Jacob Rees Mogg a modern Cicero? (No.) Is Jeremy Corbyn the modern Julius Caesar? (No but Seumas Milne might be.) With a side order of griping at British educational elitism.
Katie's guest post on Chris' blog
Timothy Snyder's speech for Europe Day 2019 - "we are more than our myths"
Special Guest: Katie Low.
74 episodes
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