Blog Carnivals
There’s a couple of ways to write a good blog carnival. One is to introduce the reader to posts that he hasn’t read. Another is to put together posts so that together they say something new about a topic.
I’m afraid I would have missed Carnivalesque 35 if it hadn’t been for a reminder from ADM at Blogenspiel. As ADM said it’s very mediæval, but that’s what makes it so interesting for me as I would have missed plenty of interesting posts. There’s a couple of pleas on a topic close to my heart, from Jonathan Jarrett and Magistra et Mater appealing for basic literacy in academic writing.
Britblog Round-up 153 is at Liberal England. I tend only to submit items of my own when I have an axe to grind. My entry isn’t the only bit of archaeology. There’s also this post on the architecture of a London Underground station. The Underground was an optimistic project full of potential which became a realm of despair and disappointment. The tiling above Leicester Square station is for a journal which depicts a similar English decline.
Sorry about the excessive medievalities… I’d never laid eyes on an ancient history blog until i went to write said post. I gained a bunch of interesting classical and archaeological additions to my feedlist, if i ever do carnivalesque again it should be a tad more balanced
No. it’s not at all excessive. One of the things about a carnival is that each host will have their own take on things. Often Carnivalesque is more ancient history, so a more mediæval edition is welcome, particularly when it’s been put together well.