Away in St Albans

I’m away with the 1st years today practicing my yoof look. In the meantime Troels Myrup has a post Archaeologists at Auctions?, which gives serious thought to the relationship between archaeology and collecting. My own opinion is that I know there is a difference between a bonafide antiquity sale and a clearing house for money-laundering by organised crime – but I don’t have the skills to tell which is which.

On the subject of crime: A rape law time-warp: back to the Sixties is horrific. Unless you feel the role of law is to protect the strong. I think getting yourself paralytic is a stupid thing to do, but I cannot see how it could possibly justify rape. It’s also flatly contradicted by legal precendent, I can’t recall the exact case, but if this law stands then date-rape drugs become effectively legal in the UK.

Finally Now the Silence Is Absolute marks the end of the First World War Christmas Armistice.