Armand D'Angour

@ArmandDAngour

Oxford Classics tutor, Olympic Ode laureate, lover of dry wit, wet puns, and the Meaning of Liff. Author of 'The Greeks and the New' (CUP 2011).

London and Oxford
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Joined May 2012
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  1. Nov 19

    This passage made me laugh loudly. Such a burn.

    5,826 retweets 8,424 likes
  2. Nov 19

    'We're gonna build a fourth wall, folks, and make the Brechtians pay for it'

    15,336 retweets 26,321 likes
  3. Nov 18

    Obama, reflective, to Remnick, New Yorker

    23 retweets 37 likes
  4. Nov 17

    The OED proper is very clear that the direction of influence was denizen —> citizen.

    Except that the Oxford Dictionary also says "citizen" was probably influenced by "denizen"
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  5. Nov 17

    Except that the Oxford Dictionary also says "citizen" was probably influenced by "denizen"

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  6. Nov 16

    Fascist Oswald Mosley was born 120yrs ago today. Here's Bertrand Russell telling him to shove it - a letter I've thought about a lot lately.

    9,255 retweets 10,804 likes
  7. Nov 14

    I know it's only 8am, but not sure I'm going see anything else today that'll top this.

    5,122 retweets 6,213 likes
  8. Nov 13

    The amazing video responses to that ad continue...

    0:29
    This boxer watching the John Lewis ad is the best thing you'll see all day
    41 retweets 57 likes
  9. Nov 12 San Francisco, CA

    Scathing post. As close as we'll get to knowing why Trump looked so glum on his tour of the White House.

    3,447 retweets 4,200 likes
  10. Nov 12

    This brilliant video made by . Direct your applause there.

    2,507 retweets 2,796 likes
  11. Nov 11

    More than a little subversive.

    434 retweets 432 likes
  12. Nov 11

    Highly exaggerated Who called it right for Donald Trump? A professor, a filmmaker & Nassim Nicholas Taleb

    205 retweets 438 likes
  13. Nov 10

    Best post I've seen all day. Source:

    15,949 retweets 23,414 likes
  14. Nov 10

    "it's equally dangerous giving a madman a knife and a villain power" -Iamblichus of Chalcis Greek iron Kopis- 5th century BC

    42 retweets 62 likes
  15. Nov 10

    Amazing - someone on BBC QT says there are 80m Americans unemployed and no one challenges the figure. There are around 8m.

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  16. Nov 10

    Market Street after the rain.

    4 retweets 21 likes
  17. Nov 9

    Popular vote: Hillary: 59,236,903 votes Donald: 59,085,787 votes The people elected Hillary, the system elected Donald

    79,505 retweets 102,658 likes
  18. Nov 9

    The most impressive thing about this post-mortem of last night is that it was written months BEFORE the election.

    449 retweets 395 likes
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  20. Nov 8

    Understanding Trumpnado. This is how to apply history when history is being made:

    286 retweets 319 likes

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