I am v. happy and somewhat surprised to say that my viva this afternoon went swimmingly, and that the examiners are going to recommend to the examination board that I be allowed to supplicate for a Doctorate.

Which means I passed, basically ^____^

Right, I think that's probably about as many degrees as I can reasonably accumulate for a while.

Actual extract from the 'Introduction from the Cataloguer' in a numismatic sales catalogue I'm using at the moment ('Coins of the Peloponnese: the BCD Collection ( Read more... )

Woohoo! Picked up copy of Biggles in the Terai in Oxfam Books! Yeah, it's late, therefore pants, but it promises me 'death from the air from snakes' so I'm waiting for the EVIL FLYING DEATH SNAKES like the snakes with wings in Herodotus which fight with the ibises on the borders of Egypt. (Hdt. II.75, check it out, it's awesome.) Man, Biggles vs. ( Read more... )