Sadly, and regrettably, those focused on the work are completely wrong. Those floating from meeting to meeting will inevitably build networks and be given promotion to ever higher levels of pointless… (View Post)

The one I loved was Pliny's letters which I spent a year translating from the Latin. In them he described being in the bay of Naples as Vesuvius erupted and engulfed Pompey and Herculaneum. He d… (View Post)

When I went from being a solicitor to an advocate I had to pass exams in European law, Roman Law and Procedure. I had been a solicitor for nearly 20 years by then. I really enjoyed going back to stud… (View Post)

My wife was 42 when our youngest was born as well. I don't really remember much fuss about it, possibly because she was nearly half way to term before we had it confirmed. It was a bit of a surp… (View Post)

I did 2 or 3 weeks ancient Greek at the end of 5th year at school. I was supposed to be studying it the following year but I didn't go back and went to University instead. I can remember thalssa… (View Post)