Lytham St Annes CA The Classical Association Prof. Michael Scott Fantastic group of people. Bravo to ten years of hard work, excellent lectures and great camaraderie. 🥳

Those About to Die: this mega-budget Roman epic is as close to actual time travel as it’s possible to get | Television & radio | The Guardian - theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/a…

Tell us what you love about classics! Have you studied a Classical subject or language at any level? We'd love to hear from you! #WhereCanClassicsTakeYou Take the survey: bit.ly/3zsBBxF

The Glittering Gold of Mycenaean Greece - GreekReporter.com - greekreporter.com/2024/07/16/gol…

New Greek Mythology kids books alert! #shorts #greekmyth #ancientgreece - YouTube - youtube.com/watch?v=PErJID…

The British Council's Language Trends 2024 survey shows positive news for classical languages: 📈Primary: Latin is in the 'top four' primary languages, being taught in 3% of primaries. 📈Secondary: 29 state schools reported Latin as a full curriculum subject compared to 8 in 2023

The The Classical Association has produced free translations of the #GCSE #ClassicalGreek set texts being examined in 2025 and 2026. Access them here: Herodotus: ow.ly/q80J50SGUGI Xenophon: ow.ly/ejPM50SGUGG Homer: ow.ly/Hs8150SGUGH Euripides: ow.ly/xiVB50SGUGJ

We’re absolutely delighted that our Chair and Founder has been selected for the 2024 HistoryExtra list of people under 30 ‘making brilliant contributions to history’ - we couldn’t agree more! Prof. Michael Scott Professor Arlene Holmes-Henderson MBE #30under30 #proud

Very excited to announce the HistoryExtra 30 Under 30 Competition winners! historyextra.com/period/general…

Catch up with Prof Carrie Vout Classics@Cambridge on BBC Radio 4 'Front Row' talking about the cultural impact of the Olympics #Paris1924 explored in an exhibition co-curated with Prof Chris Young. Exhibition Fitzwilliam Museum until 3 November bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… (starts 29:15)

If you ask : what is the value of the humanities? I would say that it teaches you to read with acuity, to analyse wild claims, to argue responsibly to questions to which there are no right answers. Do we need the humanities? Let’s hear it for yes!!!

Just came across this wonderful compendium of great stories, 'Telling Tales in Nature'.. bringing together nature and Greek myth (aimed at secondary scholl students): tinyurl.com/5n6zsk9e A delight.

This month Northgate Bridge will see two of its parapet stones replaced as part of a conservation project on Chester’s historic City Walls 👉 cwac.co/KCLUR

When studying the archaeology of central Eurasia, collaboration is essential, but a rise in linguistic and academic nationalism, geopolitical conflict and institutional violence makes this difficult. 1/2

All welcome to pop along to our online Book Club next month at 7pm - have a read of either (or both!) of our summer picks 🌟 📚 Whether you fancy a short but majestic poetic reworking of the Iliad or a non fiction deep dive into Athenian life & culture see you there! DM for link

I am very proud that the campaign I launched with Professor Arlene Holmes-Henderson MBE in 2017 to get the ancient Greeks and Romans into state secondary education is connected with a massive increase in take-up in GCSEs and A-Levels in Classical Civilisation & Ancient History recently.

Siân Phillips to star in Channel 5 ‘Roman Emperors’ series Siân Phillips to star in Channel 5 ‘Roman Emperors’ series - ATV Today - atvtoday.co.uk/242637-ch5/

A good article here on the sad decision to cut the Latin Excellence Programme tinyurl.com/mry6cvje (not behind the paywall for me, so I hope not for you either)

The CA is extremely disappointed by the announcement of the end of funding for the Latin Excellence Programme. We urge any student, parent, or teacher affected to get in touch with us and we will try to help in any way we can to ensure that students can finish their course.

This looks like a wonderful opportunity for children and schools to engage with Bettany Hughes💙 and her first children's book