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Teacher of Greek, Class Civ, Latin, Cuneiform, Middle Egyptian, EPQ. Bristol, UK
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😮 🧠 Man's brain turned to glass by hot #Vesuvius ash cloud www.bbc.com/news/article...

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The BGS Classics Podcast now has episodes on: 1. GCSE Class Civ: Myth and Religion 2. GCSE Class Civ: Homeric World 3. A level Class Civ: Invention of the Barbarian 4. A level Class Civ: Love and Relationships Available wherever you get your podcasts! Search BGS Classics classcivgcse.buzzsprout.com

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Archaeologists may have found pharaoh's second tomb www.bbc.com/news/article...

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First pharaoh's tomb found in Egypt since Tutankhamun's www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Thankfully, the child did not pop fully formed out of her head, like its namesake…: “Princess Beatrice gives birth to second baby, named Athena” www.bbc.com/news/article...

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The King has vetoed the naming of a new submarine “Agincourt” it seems, to avoid offending French people, instead opting for “Achilles”. What about the Trojans?!

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The latest In Our Time podcast: a list of discussion points, including the Beverage Report… keenerclassics.wordpress.com/2025/01/27/c...

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I’ve updated my Classics In Our Time page to include Thursday’s episode on Socrates in Prison (Crito and Phaedo) - with Angie Hobbs, Fiona Leigh, and James Warren (23 January 2025) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Archaeologists in #Pompeii have discovered a sumptuous private bathhouse - potentially the largest ever found there - complete with hot, warm and cold rooms, exquisite artwork, and a huge plunge pool. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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At the cinema to see A Complete Unknown (the Bob Dylan movie with Timothy Chalamet). Great opportunity to bring out this cartoon.

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Two new BGS Classics Podcast episodes have landed, on Greek Identity and Greek (Dis)Unity - especially for those studying A Level Classical Civilisation (the Invention of the Barbarian component)... Available on all the usual podcast media, and also in the next couple of posts:

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If you see this, post a pic from your device without explanation.

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Exciting day ahead: Silk Roads at the British Museum, then Oedipus at Wyndham’s Theatre, finishing with Bill Bailey at Haymarket!

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YAOLJB.wordpress.com BE Odysseus in two preview sections of interactive fiction Odyssey retelling 🧿 You Are Odysseus 👁️ Why does Odysseus do what he does? Can you replicate his adventure? Or will you end up somewhere else entirely? Read/play now!

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Difficult to emphasise quite the extent to which Chat GPT is totally incapable of working out cryptic crossword clues….

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25 MINUTE WARNING! Tune your sets to BBC Radio 4 ready for 9am, to hear the special Saturnalia episode of Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics 🥳📻🎁 I hope you're wearing dining pyjamas! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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I have updated the Classics In Our Time podcasts page to include the most recent one, from this morning, on Plutarch: keenerclassics.wordpress.com/classics-in-...

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8 years ago I received this lovely card from a student of mine.

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“Thunderbolt and lightning…”

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I made a Classical crossword.

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This is Dall E (Chat GPT)’s idea of what I am doing this week. 😂

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This is excellent!

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Preparing an assembly for the whole school on Thursday talking about our new Cuneiform / Egyptian / Greek / Latin curriculum for Year 7. I’ve got 6 minutes and (so far) 15 Y7 volunteers. Ideas?

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List of In Our Time podcasts now updated to include Thursday’s episode on the #Antikythera mechanism. keenerclassics.wordpress.com/2017/08/06/i...

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In a Year 7 Hieroglyphics lesson last week: “Sir, was Cleopatra spelled with a K or a C?”… Me: “No.”

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THE RETURN (Coming soon!) youtu.be/LH2rD678G1s?...

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Just deactivated my X account, so looks like I’m here now! Advice? People to follow?

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