Some more board-game-related news: next week I’m going to be helping out with an event in the Cambridge Festival of Ideas called “Esagil: Treasure Hunt in Babylon“. It’s a board game designed by Marie-Françoise Besnier, a researcher studying ancient Mesopotamia – here’s the event details and blurb: Tuesday 25 October: 11:00am – 4:00pm Wednesday 26 October: 11:00am – 4:00pm Thursday 27 October: 11:00am – 4:00pm Friday 28 October: 11:00am – 4:00pm Museum of Archaeology and Ant

Just a quick post with a few things I wanted to share for the start of term! Firstly, a couple of posts over on the Cambridge Classics graduate blog, Res Gerendae: some handy tips for new PhD students (mostly just as relevant to students in other universities!), and an exciting exhibition that’s currently on in the Faculty’s Cast Gallery (but finishing on October 15th). By the way, I encourage any readers who haven’t checked out Res Gerendae yet to do so – it has a lot of gre

A quick post for the baking fans – the Cambridge News has a round-up of some very impressive Cambridge-themed cakes! via Ladies and gentleman, welcome to the Great Cambridge Cake Off | Cambridge News #Baking #cake #Cambridge #GBBO