Robert Wyllie

1 week ago | thelampmagazine.com | Matthew Walther |J. Vance |Robert Wyllie |Peter Hitchens

The sea used to get into everything in England, though now it doesn’t. We are not really a sea-faring people any more. Even the yearly joy of the ferry to France and back has been abolished, as you can now do the journey in a tunnel, aboard a comfortable train.

3 weeks ago | thelampmagazine.com | J. Vance |Jude Russo |Peter Hitchens |Robert Wyllie

It is a hot June day, and my good friend Mr. Tom Collins is helping me noodle on what might be worth laying out in digital ink for the few, the proud, the loyal regular readers of the Russo Low Life. On the domestic front, things are the usual pleasant shambles. I have just discovered the toddler licking ketchup out of one of those little plastic trays shaped like bottles you get at Chick-fil-A now. (Did they have these when I was a child?

Oct 23, 2024 | directory.libsyn.com | Robert Wyllie

Eric Adler on Livy's History of Rome, Book I Ch. 1-16The New ThinkeryThis week, the guys are joined once again by Dr. Eric Adler, Professor and Chair of Classics at the University of Maryland, to talk about the beginning of Livy's History of Rome. Given Rome's impressively long history, it's no surprise that it took Livy over 140 books to recount it just up to the beginning of the Roman Empire. The group tackle Livy's telling of the founding of Rome, as well as its monarchy.

Oct 9, 2024 | directory.libsyn.com | Robert Wyllie

Eric Adler on Livy's History of Rome, Book I Ch. 1-16The New ThinkeryThis week, the guys are joined once again by Dr. Eric Adler, Professor and Chair of Classics at the University of Maryland, to talk about the beginning of Livy's History of Rome. Given Rome's impressively long history, it's no surprise that it took Livy over 140 books to recount it just up to the beginning of the Roman Empire. The group tackle Livy's telling of the founding of Rome, as well as its monarchy.

Sep 11, 2024 | directory.libsyn.com | Robert Wyllie

Eric Adler on Livy's History of Rome, Book I Ch. 1-16The New ThinkeryThis week, the guys are joined once again by Dr. Eric Adler, Professor and Chair of Classics at the University of Maryland, to talk about the beginning of Livy's History of Rome. Given Rome's impressively long history, it's no surprise that it took Livy over 140 books to recount it just up to the beginning of the Roman Empire. The group tackle Livy's telling of the founding of Rome, as well as its monarchy.