Also, if you're interested in speaking at an event, let me know. It will be paid, with the speaker getting the majority of the ticket sales (I'm not getting anything for now, although if we start selling out the O2 arena that might change obviously)
Brilliant, Ed. I think this will be very popular. Will they be recorded? It would be great to be able to listen to some of them via a podcast or video if one wasn’t able to attend.
If anyone is located in the remoter regions of NE Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire, or has an interest in the ancient Chinese texts, I'd be happy to assist in any way I can.
It would be great if the club also touched on topics related to the classical philosophical tradition (Aristotle, Plato, Plotinus, medieval scholasticism...).
An excellent guest to cover some of those authors (or more broadly the key ideas that define this tradition) would be Ed Feser, but I don’t know how feasible it would be to get him to speak.
Great stuff - good luck, and I hope it's a big success. If you ever do bring it to the provinces, I'd be keen to come. And seconded on the suggestion of recording, if possible.
Good luck. It sounds like a really interesting first talk. I would certainly go if it wasn't so far away. That painting of Milton and (presumably) his daughters on the Eventbrite website is terrific.
It's definitely one for future events but since this first one will already be a bit experimental and too many things can go wrong I want to take baby steps.
On Paradise Lost: an edition with good notes is helpful. The Hacket Classics edition edited by David Scott Kastan (available on Kindle) is a nice one.
Some would say that poetry really must be heard aloud in spoken recitation, not in the modern and unnatural fashion of silent reading on the page. Fortunately, audiobooks make this return to the archaic possible, with a fine reading of Paradise Lost by Anton Lesser available on Audible.com.
As with the last one, I've left the comments open to anyone with suggestions of venues and speakers.
Also, if you're interested in speaking at an event, let me know. It will be paid, with the speaker getting the majority of the ticket sales (I'm not getting anything for now, although if we start selling out the O2 arena that might change obviously)
St Johns in Annapolis MD is a university devoted to classical education and the Western Canon. Might be a resource for you.
thanks. that will be useful
Brilliant, Ed. I think this will be very popular. Will they be recorded? It would be great to be able to listen to some of them via a podcast or video if one wasn’t able to attend.
Yes sorry I should have mentioned that, will be recorded and will post here.
If anyone is located in the remoter regions of NE Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire, or has an interest in the ancient Chinese texts, I'd be happy to assist in any way I can.
It would be great if the club also touched on topics related to the classical philosophical tradition (Aristotle, Plato, Plotinus, medieval scholasticism...).
An excellent guest to cover some of those authors (or more broadly the key ideas that define this tradition) would be Ed Feser, but I don’t know how feasible it would be to get him to speak.
Great stuff - good luck, and I hope it's a big success. If you ever do bring it to the provinces, I'd be keen to come. And seconded on the suggestion of recording, if possible.
Just adding to the idea they might be recorded. Would love to read the book and then see the talk.
Good luck. It sounds like a really interesting first talk. I would certainly go if it wasn't so far away. That painting of Milton and (presumably) his daughters on the Eventbrite website is terrific.
Would 100% love to attend, although it happens to overlap with a trip I have to the USA. Will definitely be at the next one.
Would love to see one/some held in Stratford-Upon-Avon based around The Bard.
Also would be fascinated in ones up in Scotland around Carlyle and those types.
Stratford would be great. Would like to do one in Birmingham as well if we get out of London
Please think about making it more inclusive for the poor pot-wanglers and country bumpkins.
we hope to travel around. Where are you based?
Wish I could be there, Ed. Best of luck with it and looking forward to the next!
Wish I could make it! I hope you all will be thinking of me ( whoever I am....)
Also, if anyone has any suggestion for places or speakers, I'd especially like to hear from people who have venues.
Well done and good luck to all concerned.
When will Edinburghers step up?
I’d also like to add my voice to others who would like to see recording made or live streams.
Edinburgh would of course be the perfect setting and I'd love any chance to visit again.
How about a Zoom option for those of us who are, tra
It's definitely one for future events but since this first one will already be a bit experimental and too many things can go wrong I want to take baby steps.
On Paradise Lost: an edition with good notes is helpful. The Hacket Classics edition edited by David Scott Kastan (available on Kindle) is a nice one.
Some would say that poetry really must be heard aloud in spoken recitation, not in the modern and unnatural fashion of silent reading on the page. Fortunately, audiobooks make this return to the archaic possible, with a fine reading of Paradise Lost by Anton Lesser available on Audible.com.