don't get me wrong, teaching at the moment is akin to what i imagine odysseus' crew felt like in book 11, but my students never fail to bring me back with their NON STOP EXCELLENCE

for example, i set a homework for them to share 10 reasons why to study classics for GCSE. one of them cited 'brad pitt being an absolute snack in troy' as one, and the same student cited 'bringing down the patriarchy bit by bit' as another. ❤️❤️❤️ #ClassicsTwitter

Today’s tiny teaching win: A virtual version of my fave Classics-PE, cross-curricular, comprehension, running game (basically people flailing about shouting about the pluperfect tense) using a lot of joining and rejoining breakout rooms. We had a HOOT #ClassicsTwitter

this thread is bringing me soooooo much joy - my personal add would be that when i came home from my first semester of uni i told my nan i didn't have sugar in my tea anymore and she said that 'they'd already got to me'

Thank you to Cambridge Educational Research e-Journal for inviting me to waffle on about publishing with them last year. Tonight’s word vomit included “no-one cares about my ontological world view” and “the first draft was utter nonsense”. Don’t all rush to hire me at once x

Hello! CERJ is now looking for reviewers of manuscripts for Volume 8 - sign up on bit.ly/CERJReviewers2… to register your interest.

Reminder that #UCLOdysseyFestival2021 starts Monday 8 Febr with @EmilyRCWilson 😍 we'll also be joined by Barbara Graziosi @drjmcconnell Prof. Fiona Macintosh @DrMichaelLoy Antony Makrinos in the same week 😁book your place👇Bloomsbury Theatre ucl.ac.uk/culture/whats-…

I turned to drag race and Netflix to teach my lesson for me today (I’m tired). Lots of 🌟🌟🌟 for anyone who can identify this scene in Odyssey 16..... #ClassicsTwitter

I am proud to stand with others across Classics in solidarity with trans friends and colleagues.

such a pleasure to volunteer for Poetry By Heart at Shakespeare’s Globe this morning - a hugely talented group of young people who brought the sunshine to backside today ☀️🗣❤️

catch me in the club with a fold up chair, 8 gallons of water and some salty snacks 💕💕💕 #pots #eds #chronicillness #chronicandiconic

a fab Sunday learning more about Eid and patterns from some wonderful young people at Adam Williamson’s studio ✨

We need more STEAM in schools.

my very talented husband spoke to the ICON that is John Cleese on this new podcast. not even a little bit jealous 👀👀👀👀

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I can't claim the idea for this drawing, I've just jazzed it up and made it digital 🪄🎨. It was the formulation model we used in a #CAMHS service for children who had been #adopted/were in #fostercare. We used it in training sessions and when thinking about individual children

Well I’m basically famous now so how can I possibly keep up my teaching career?

A Classics teacher in an off-west end Classics musical… this shit writes itself. Come see us #ClassicsTwitter !!! canalcafetheatre.com/our-shows/sisy…

can't wait to get stuck into more work with this fab network next year!

My new year’s resy is the 1:1 method of trying to defeat my PhD: for every hour of PhD writing, I get a glorious hour of trashy TV. All about balance init