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A long-awaited party
There's a widespread assumption that things are more interesting if they can be attatched to an anniversary of some sort - as if things that aren't interesting one day become magically interesting the next. This is just marketing, and my automatic reaction is to resist.
What, then, should I make of the declaration that 2022 is the 1900th anniversary of the construction of Hadrian's Wall? (What, all in one year? Mo, of course not.) Even sillier, the year of celebrations starts today, which is Hadrian's birthday: how obliging of him to be born so near the beginning of the year!
Well, any excuse for a party, and some of the events sound fun: I'm sorry to miss the Emperor taking a bubble bath in the bath house at Ravenglass. (Why have I never been to Ravenglass? It's not actually on the Wall, of course, but the Roman defensive frontier extends down the west coast, and could be worth exploring...).
What, then, should I make of the declaration that 2022 is the 1900th anniversary of the construction of Hadrian's Wall? (What, all in one year? Mo, of course not.) Even sillier, the year of celebrations starts today, which is Hadrian's birthday: how obliging of him to be born so near the beginning of the year!
Well, any excuse for a party, and some of the events sound fun: I'm sorry to miss the Emperor taking a bubble bath in the bath house at Ravenglass. (Why have I never been to Ravenglass? It's not actually on the Wall, of course, but the Roman defensive frontier extends down the west coast, and could be worth exploring...).