Stephen Coombs

VOX TER CUPIDA e marginibus Evangeliorum Pars prima PUER Reddere quae nequeo, potero quae solvere nunquam rogo remitte mille magna debita: at quae pauca fero tamen accipe paupera dona: inopsne saccus hordeaceos habet quinque manu matris panes super igne paratos ...

@gifford_head @Robin_C_Douglas However I can tolerate "O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum, / Wie treu sind deine Blätter!"

@gifford_head @Robin_C_Douglas Spoilt for me by "The People's Flag is puce and green, / a fleur-de-lis in aubergine." (Jules and Sandy.)

@DrFrancisYoung A long time ago I wrote about a text of Priscillian: "The Eucharistic Prayer in the Orthodox West: A Reappraisal of Its Ancient and Modern History, Peculiarities and Possibilities; with an Excursus, the Priscillian Tractatus XI an Illatio." Classical?

I think once we get to the really big numbers we should base them all on the names of Classical authors: a quintillion, a tertullion, a priscillion, etc.

@cguyver Megaguyve.

I miss Oxford, a place I know so well.

@llewelyn_morgan I look forward to reading about it!

An appeal was made recently for enthusiasts to present their favourite classical texts. Here's mine: My absolute favourite text must be Horace's Ode 12 in Book 4. No other poet could have expressed deep affection for a dead friend with such lightness of touch. The setting is ...

@fendetestate @rfef Ga ga ga.

A selección española de fútbol @rfef solidarízase coa situación en Irán e tampouco canta o himno nacional. #Qatar2022

@archi_tradition Spain, Portugal.

@JackGMitchell @ArmandDAngour @TheHubCanada @PerfectAccentUK An old bugbear (not bagbear!) of mine here. twitter.com/stephanuscoomb… Answer. twitter.com/neilalexanderw… "I don't know of any."

@ArmandDAngour @TheHubCanada @PerfectAccentUK LOL

My poem in @TheHubCanada today cheers on Canada in the World Cup - our first match in 36 years! By all accounts we have an excellent chance. Like many couples, my wife and I have different views on how to pronounce Qatar, which inspired this epigram. cc: @PerfectAccentUK

... be an imaginary one. The invitation asks for a gift of the sweet-smelling unguent associated equally with festivity and the tomb. "Even while you are aware of the black flames around you, Virgil, there's a place for silliness too." Astonishing and utterly compelling.

Lovely to have a pint in the George Hotel Bridport 🍺😜#goodtobeback #supportlocal #realale

@ratemyplatenow Brooooooooooooccoli? Agaaaaaaaaaaaaaaain? No use to neither man nor beast nor vowl.

Lamb Dinner by Richard

@OlaWikander ¡Espantoso!

Hittite word of the night: Išpant- ("night"). Fitting, no?

@Gda1238 So loathing is an option. Good-oh. twitter.com/stephanuscoomb…

Today marks the birth in 1913 of Benjamin Britten. Like him or loathe him he did much to put England on the map musically. Personally I like his music, particularly his Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings.

@Architectolder @SalamRazian Or seeing *him*? Latin mons, French mont are masculine. Not to mention St. Michael. - Unless everything beautiful is female, of course.

Mont Saint Michel. I never tire of seeing her. Have a nice day. ⁦@SalamRazian⁩

@CatWorkers Cat in the manger.

(Morning commute.)

@niall_gooch Neither.

This image is a pretty good litmus test for politics: do you regard these men with respect, or disgust?