#OTD 5th December 1955: Montgomery bus boycott begins in Alabama, marking a pivotal moment in the American Civil Rights Movement youtu.be/VszHgCM0Hwk #historyteacher #sschat

#ancient history and classics competition!!

How we celebrate December 8th in Rome!

#mediaeval

People, Pots & Poetry - a Taster Day for students to experience the study of Classics, Archaeology and ASNaC (Girton College, Cambridge) theclassicslibrary.com/people-pots-po…

IO SATURNALIA! 🎉❄️ Today marks the first day of the Roman winter festival. If you’re keen to learn more, we have a Saturnalia special of the radio show coming out a week today, on Christmas Eve! Tune in at 9am on BBC Radio 4 for hats and hijinks… bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Tom Holland Antigone Journal I created a petition to help to save the Latin Excellence Programme in state schools. If you could circulate it. Sign at chng.it/vtsF6qb6BZ

Any of my lovely ex students looking for a cool job?

🥁Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁 We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse pdimagearchive.org Public Domain Image Archive

Salve! It's the Antigone January Classics books give-away: 32 items on offer; share (RT/QT) this message to be entered into the draw, made on Sat 18 Jan. 1st Antigone Journal follower picked out chooses 20 items, the 2nd gets the other 12. Open to all worldwide; more details 👇!

Archaeologists in Pompeii discover a lavish thermal bath complex, among the largest and most sophisticated of its kind ever found in the ancient city. wantedinrome.com/news/pompeii-t…

Oooooo Plutarch! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/in-…

📢S5 students, applications for the @SuttonTrust UK Summer Schools are open - including one The University of Edinburgh. Experience life as a uni student for a week during summer for free!🎓 Check eligibility & apply at summerschools.suttontrust.com/university-par… Applications close March 6th 2025 @UniofEdWPteam

Dr. Patrick Heighway has been awarded the European XFEL Young Scientist Award for his groundbreaking work on X-ray diffraction at extreme conditions. His research aids in understanding shock-compressed materials and their role in various fields, from geophysics to fusion energy.

#coldwar students - what do you think? Could you make an essay out of this?

#ancient history students. How far does this behaviour reflect the view of the Athenians in Thucydides’ Melian Dialogue that “the strong do as they will and the weak suffer what they must”?

Great for #modern #coldwar historians and for #ancients to think about what Thucydides would make of all this… End of the Truman doctrine bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Great revision for first and second year #tudors students! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/not…

Have you been taught by the inimitable Tom Pearson, who’s leaving us this year? We’re looking for memories from previous students! Have you got photos of Tom? Would you like to send a message or a memory to him? Please include your name, what Tom taught you & when you were at QMC