How can independent schools do Classics outreach effectively?
by Were you to cast your eye over the prospectus of any independent school, you would be hard pressed not to find a section focusing on …
Category: Outreach
Five reasons you (and your pupils) should join Twitter
by A journalist recently described Twitter as ‘the wet market of ideas’. What’s more, it’s a platform which attracts – as we all know – some …
Introducing Homer’s Odyssey to absolute beginners
by Here in Northern Ireland, only a few schools offer the study of Latin or Classical Civilisation. Students in even fewer schools can choose Classical Greek …
Cacoethes oblectandi: how I devise a Times Latin Crossword
by “A crossword is a battle of wits between the solver and the setter in which the latter should always concede victory gracefully to the former.” …
What exactly is Classical Reception?
It’s the sexy frontier field of Classics and it’s boom business for theatre producers, novelists and Netflix execs. But what exactly is it? How should …
How to create a Classics podcast
by Podcasting is easy and fun! At Bristol Grammar School, we recently published the first in a series of episodes of a new podcasts on GCSE …
What’s it like learning Latin in Italy?
Last week I sat down with Federica, a Classics graduate from Calabria (in the toe) who is studying at UCL on the Erasmus programme. After …
Review: Mary Beard’s ‘Shock of the Nude’ ep.1
by It’s a great episode. In her usual interested, knowledgeable way, Mary Beard discusses a variety of sculptures and paintings from Western Art depicting the beautiful …
How can we boost the profile of languages in schools?
by Nestor, the king of sandy Pylos, is the grand old man of Homer’s Iliad. He has seen the passing of two generations of mankind and …
What did I learn translating Homer every day for a year?
by On the second Saturday of August each summer I can’t help but feel a real sense of emptiness as the Greek withdrawal symptoms kick in. …
Sing, Muse! ‘Troy: Myth and Reality’ @ the BM
by Having visited the exhibition early in its run, on a rather bleak Monday morning in November, I have one overriding memory of the occasion: it …
How I use Classics as a teacher of History & Politics
by There’s no doubt about it – Classics is my passion and the period of history that fills me with the most excitement, firing up my …
Can you coach a pupil into Oxford or Cambridge?
No, thankfully not. But what a Classics teacher can do is offer opportunities for aspirational pupils to find their own critical voice: to respond personally …
Creative ways to use Assassin’s Creed ‘Odyssey’ in your classroom
by Video games in the classroom – surely not? If I’m honest I’m usually the first to roll my eyes during INSET when a new gaming …
Review: Vertigo & Ghost (2019)
Rape. It’s a word that we flinch from – in conversation, in public discourse, and in Classics classrooms. And perhaps we flinch doubly when a …