David Bailey
My photographic talents have finally been recognised. Schmap chose this picture of the Multangular Tower in York to grace the 3rd edition of their online guide to York. This picture was of course taken during the GPSOE's visit to York last year, so it is fitting to see academic endeavour and artistic excellence reap their just reward.
A.D. V KAL. OCT. MMVII
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Roman around York
As sil reports, the Gentlemen's Philosophical Society of Elvet visited York last weekend, visiting the Roman remains and seeking refreshment between academic endeavours. Our achievements included:
- Finding our way there.
- Figuring out what's what at the Multangular Tower and the bits of wall adjoining said Tower with Multiple Angles*
- Admiring Stuff associated with Constantine the Great (acclaimed Emperor at York) in the Yorkshire Museum.
- Walking the city walls, which although not Roman in the main, are cool.
- Visting the Minster, which has the remains of the Roman army HQ displayed in the undercroft.
- Visting the Roman Bath Inn twice without once looking at the remains of an actual Roman Bath in the basement.**
- Established why the Roman Empire collapsed. David Langford's 210 reasons are merely the hollow echoes of the rapier wit and logic that we applied to the problem.***
- Discovered that Fanshawe is pronounced Featherstonehaugh.
Some pictures I took which aren't too blurry and don't involve me are on Flickr.
* Although some problems still remain as to why a tower with ten angles is not called the Decangular Tower or similar. It is also arguable whether the angles differ in their extent, which might be another explanation. I could look it up.
** Although we did discuss the incident relating to the pub when A dispute between two 'Roman soldiers' in a 1st century bath house ended up in court when one man accused his rival of threatening to kill him with a replica helmet
(from The Times).
*** And solved.
A.D. IV NON. OCT. MMVI
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