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Yet today the angriest report yet is published by a group of……., calling for drastic action to save the subject. Where will the next generation of UK …….. come from, asks the group, drawn from university ….. departments around the country, learned societies and the government's curriculum watchdog.
Not Latin, surely? Oh yes, it [...]

Lynda Goss: the struggle for Latin at Codsall continues

My favourite was the Romans

Junior Mastermind champion Robin Geddes (Year 7) was interviewed by the Guardian:

My favourite subject is history. We've done lots of different topics, like the Egyptians and the second world war and the Tudors. My favourite was the Romans, because it was so different. I liked learning about things they used to do, like the gladiator [...]

Woman's view of Boudica

From The Herald, a piece about Vanessa Collingridge and her book about Boudica.

“The few books that are available are written by men, and they ignore the sexual dynamic that is so fundamental to the whole story of Boudica,” she says. “It is this dynamic that propels the politics, the outcome, the myth and the [...]

Gladiator : Sword of Vengeance – an X-Box game reviewed

You might – but probably won't – be interested in this review of a game inspired by the film Gladiator. Anyway, the review is here.

Observer review of 'Pompeii: the Living City'

Pompeii: The Living City
by Alex Butterworth and Ray Laurence
Weidenfeld & Nicholson £20, pp386

Read the review.

Magna Graecia exhibition in Calabria

BBC correspondent David Willey announces that:

A world-class archaeological exhibition opened this week in Calabria, in the toe of Italy. …

Salvatore Settis of the University of Pisa, one of Italy's leading archaeologists, has brought together in Catanzaro, Calabria's regional capital, more than 800 pieces of sculpture in marble and terracotta from Magna Graecia.

They were originally dug [...]

More on chariot racing in Jerash

I told you about this a few days ago. Now the Times has picked it up. See the article here.

Asterix on Atari

A report on the new Atari game featuring Asterix and Obelix, with links to several other Asterix games, is here.

Marcus Aurelius, enlightened persecutor

You may well find this article from Liberty (a magazine of religious freedom), posted this morning, not only interesting in itself but also useful as an example of using historical precedents to think about current moral and political dilemmas. If you have time after exams for general discussion in class, here's a starting point.
The thrust [...]