“Each time we take a sip we can sit at the bar next to people from thousands of years ago and drink together” Dr Gartland explains.

The beer has been made using traditional ingredients of

🌸 meadowsweet
🌾 spelt and
🍯 honey

along with modern hops, based on analysis of the few remaining records of ancient beer-drinking.

Mhòr, which translates to “great” from ancient Gaelic, is a version of an ancient beer that would have been drunk in Northern England and Britain.

Beer is a big part of Northern culture, but did you know it goes all the way back to Roman times? 🍻

Leeds researcher Dr Samuel Gartland, along with local brewery Northern Monk Brew Co., have created Mhòr inspired by a 5,000 year old recipe!

Find out how you can try it for yourself 👇

I’ll be presenting my research for the first time, if anyone in St Andrews is interested!

If you are an academic/practitioner working in humanities and social sciences and want to come to Leeds University for a period of time, consider applying for our Visiting Research Fellows scheme in the School. For more information and to apply, visit: ahc.leeds.ac.uk/homepage/443/o…

A forgotten poem by Chronicles of Narnia author CS Lewis reveals details of friendships between fantasy writers and medievalists at University of Leeds leeds.ac.uk/main-index/new…

My take on the recent debate about the UK’s withdrawal from Erasmus+ and a call to prioritise and invest in language & intercultural education and international mobility for all: theconversation.com/the-uk-is-poor… The Conversation #Erasmus #MFLTwitterati #LanguagePolicyUK #languages

Pleased to have a chapter in this new book called 'Retrospective parentage: Augustus as a Father of Europe'. It's about how Augustus has come to be known by a title that would have baffled him. (Spoiler: it's imperialism!) If you'd like to read it, drop me a line: I have a pdf.

Roman coffin unearthed at Garforth to be displayed for the first time
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At my first in person RAC / TRAC for 6 years and really enjoying catching up with people! I'll be at the Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal table a fair bit over the next few days and giving a paper on the material culture of childhood in ancient Iberia tomorrow afternoon! #RACTRAC2024

#NewReview : 'The contributions in this volume are novel, attractive, and relevant, representing a significant advance in the knowledge, approach, and treatment of these literary texts.' writes Ana C. Vicente-Sanchez
H-Soz-Kult.
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We’ve been overwhelmed with submissions over the last few days - all of them compelling, well-researched, and informative.

Opening your doors to diverse perspectives and insights yields amazing results.

Classics Twitter will be eating well every week for a while 🍽️ 👀

#ca2024 Having great fun chairing the panel Dr Who in the Ancientverse - here's Carey Fleiner on Nero in 'The Romans' (1965).

Come and join us as a Visiting Research Fellow in one of a very wide range of disciplinary fields at the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies LCS Leeds Arts, Humanities and Cultures, University of Leeds University of Leeds 🎉

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Come to Leeds as a Visiting Research Fellow! We would love to hear from you!

Saddened to learn that Latin at Frankfurt is under threat — do consider signing this petition 👇

⁦⁦In Our Time⁩ tomorrow on the emperor Julian with Sean Tougher, ⁦⁦Lea Niccolai⁩, me… and of course the ever-present and ever-green Melvyn Bragg. 9.00am and 9.30pm GMT.

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