UK Updates
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Events Programme 2024
Listen with Lindsey 2024: Our reading sessions will continue, normally on the second Tuesday of the month, lasting about an hour. These are on Zoom; you don’t need it installed but for security reasons you must register. You can register here then you will receive a link for joining in, which should allow you to attend one or all.
For copyright reasons these sessions will not be recorded so I’m afraid they won’t be available afterwards.
This year’s final readings will be on Tuesdays at 7.00pm UK time*: 8 October, 12 November, 10 December.
*November, if outside the UK time zone, please check whether your summer time/daylight saving matches the UK change.
Thursday 10 October UK paperback publication of Death on the Tiber
Saturday 19 October – A study day at Fishbourne Roman Palace with Andante Travel: Fishbourne Roman palace in Sussex, a remarkable structure in Roman Britain, resembles a Mediterranean-style villa with lavish mosaics, wall plaster, and baths. This is your chance to not only see one of the UKs great archaeological sites in the company of the author and a specialist archaeologist (David Rudling), but also to listen to Lindsey speak on the task of creating one of Rome’s finest private eyes.
Wednesday 23 October – 2.00pm, West Bromwich Library (Sandwell), talk as part of their Literary Festival
Wednesday 27 November – 7.30pm Event on Zoom for members of the University of Sussex Archaeological Society
Wednesday 27 November Event on Zoom for members of the University of Sussex Archaeological Society
Events Programme 2025
Listen with Lindsey 2025: Our reading sessions will continue, normally on the second Tuesday of the month, lasting about an hour, sometimes with a short chat session afterwards. These are on Zoom; you don’t need it installed but for security reasons you must register. Do that here for 2025: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwrc–gpzIvEtV5be5eylxhVDSjuaB7swov then you will receive a link, which allows you to attend any you want.
For copyright reasons these sessions will not be recorded so I’m afraid they won’t be available afterwards.
This year’s readings will be on Tuesdays at 7.00pm UK time*: 14 January, February 11, March 11, April 8, May 13, June 10, July 8, August 12, September 9, October 14, November 11, December 9.
*March and November, if outside the UK time zone, please check whether your summer time/daylight saving matches the UK change.
Thursday 3 April – UK Hardback Publication of There Will be Bodies
Thursday 8 May – 6.00pm, Cardiff: talk for the Classical Association and members of the public. Details to follow.
In attendance
As President of the local branch of the Classical Association I’ll aim to be at our events; some are open to members of the public who have an interest in the ancient world, so I’ll flag them here.
10 October 2024 5.30 pm at Birmingham University, Arts Building Lecture Room 5. For our autumn lecture we invite you to explore the world of the stories of ancient Egypt with Dr Leire Olabarria from the University of Birmingham. This is free but reserve your place at ‘The snake, the magician, and the secret box: stories from ancient Egypt’ Tickets, Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 5:30 PM | Eventbrite.
In this lecture you will be introduced to some popular stories from ancient Egypt. We will explore some of the most common tropes and narrative devices known from the sources, reflecting on what they may reveal about the power of the written and spoken word. The lecture is suitable for a general audience, aged 14+.