Taught my Y13s today for the first time this year and taught my Y12s for the first time ever. Totally indebted to Gina May for maintaining and nurturing their total enthusiasm for Classics while I've been off sick and for her continuing work with the Latin and Greek students 🤟🏽

48 years ago today The Talking Heads opened for the Ramones at CBGB, New York City, January 15, 1977 Photo by Roberta Bayley #punk #punks #punkrock #postpunk #newwave #talkingheads #cbgb #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Selling Classics to the masses #6thFormOpenEvening

Being a first-hand witness to the excavations in #Pompeii of the bathhouse has been a joy and an honour. I’ve learnt so much from the team of archaeologists and conservators unravelling, protecting and understanding this complex. New episode of ‘The New Dig’ airs tonight BBC2 9pm

Early stage domus building #Year10 #ClassCiv #GCSE #RomanCityLife

GOD BLESS JOHN SYKES • tBLSt SDMF

46 years ago today The Clash released their first single in the U.S. with "I Fought The Law" on this day in 1979 This release is one of the best-known cover versions of the song. #punk #punks #punkrock #theclash #punklegends #history #punkrockhistory #otd

1/2 Augustus worship was promoted by Tiberius and Livia who had a temple built for the new god. The “ludi palatini” were also established in his honor, they were shows in a theatre on the Palatine hill. Following emperors kept celebrating them between 21st and 24th of January.

Plastic water bottles should be banned from the classroom #NothingMoreIrritating

#Classics teachers - thinking of swapping #OCR PoLR for Greek Religion next year. Anyone have experience of both? Which do students find more engaging? Which produced better results?

As a kid from Queens New York, this one hurts.Never about technique for New York rock and rollers. It was always about the sound of the subway, the stinking overflowing garbage cans, the misfits of Times Square. The Dolls did it to perfection. Safe travels David Johansen.

Trump will see how unpopular he is if he dares set foot on British soil. He embodies everything Britain hates, he’s a classless, gaudy, tasteless moron. The British love an underdog and we hate a bully. I think it’s safe to say he will become very familiar with the word cunt.

I remember teaching about the much-maligned Clodia. Serial shagger, gambler and drinker, she was accused of poisoning her husband before disappearing into the black hole of Roman history. So sad that Clodia and other scandalous Roman women no longer grace UK 6th form classrooms

Itinerary for April's 6th form #Classics trip to #Rome 🥰 all sorted 🇮🇹 Plenty to keep them busy between eating pizza, pasta and gelato 😊

Delighted to introduce our Y10 GCSE classicists to the guvnor this afternoon at the National Archaeological Museum in #Naples. #Augustus

House of Menander #Pompeii

Trying to insert pictures into my research without making it look as though it's been done by a 2yr old is driving me up the wall. And the less said about trying to reference them correctly the better!

Only took 3 weeks to get here but this impressive tome is a very welcome addition to my library. 🥰😍