‘She has quite the ‘tude!’. So said one of my year ten pupils when I was teaching Pliny’s letter about Arria as a set text back in 2015....

Word Up, everyone! i) DATA: we start with Latin again. I was recently asked by a friend and former colleague whether one should say ‘the...

Latin first! i) Calculate – the name of the useful little device that assists students of Mathematics finds its origins in the Latin verb...

This category will contain a series of articles on women of the ancient world. However, the approach will not be a story of women’s lives...

Introduction This section will explore how the ancients made significant advances in their knowledge of the natural world, astronomy, the...

WHAT WOULD THE ROMANS HAVE MADE OF SOCIAL MEDIA? ‘Write the Facebook page of (insert famous ancient figure)’ as a revision activity has...

Intro: The Classical Mirror All languages open up new worlds, new peoples, and new ideas, illuminating the awe-inspiring diversity of the...

One Latin, one Greek again this week. We start with buckle. i) BUCKLE – this word’s linguistic journey from Latin is an interesting...

What is Classics? History It is probably the Greeks and Romans that first comes to mind when one hears the term Ancient History. They are...

Two for the price of 1 today! i) Anhydrous - containing no water. The term comes from Greek, as do a lot of our science terms in English....

(Picture taken in the gorgeous National Archaeological Museum in Athens - do go! Visit the beautiful website at:...

Salvete, omnes! Here is the first entry in the Wordy Weekly section of the blog. Today, we begin with a hybrid word, which is half Latin,...

Although rather embarrassing to admit now, the story of Jason and the Argonauts, played out on screen amidst the monsters of the great...