Sad news, but necessary under these circumstances. For more information about the Summer School visit https://greeklatinsummerschooldurham.org/

From The Latin Programme… Join us on the 17th June for a lecture by Dr Tim Smith-Laing entitled ‘Skeins and Skins: Weaving and Revealing with Ovid in Renaissance Painting’. Date: 17th JuneTime: 7 – 7.35pmVenue: this is an online event. Details for a Zoom meeting will be sent via email on the morning of the 17th of June.  Further details: […]

The Programme is running a free summer school for ages 7-14. From The Latin Programme… The Latin Programme is proud to be partnering once again with the Classical Association to present the second Latin Programme Summer School. Due to the ongoing health crisis, we’ve made the decision to move this year’s event online. We are also […]

From Warwick University… The Warwick Classics Network is developing an ambitious project on Roman Coventry to coincide with Coventry City of Culture 2021. Our aim is to make the schools of Coventry the most culturally enriched in the country, offering equal opportunities to all pupils irrespective of background, with the goal of involving every school in Coventry in this exciting creative project […]

From the Manchester Classical Association, a competition for 5-14 year-olds. Calling all Owls! We all know that Hercules is famous for completing his twelve impossible labours, from defeating the Hydra to fetching some very difficult to reach Golden Apples, and even bringing the three-headed dog Cerberus out of Hades… but what if he had to […]

In part because of the Covid-19 outbreak, the Cambridge Schools Classics Project (Cambridge Latin Course) is converting its eDVD resources to frely-available online videos. For the full statement: https://mailchi.mp/cambridgescp/news-from-cscp

From Terry Bird… I have finished Tacitus Annals IV Group 1, Virgil Aeneid XII Group 3 and Group 4, Catullus Group 3, Cicero Pro Cluentio (Murder at Larinum) Group 1. I have finished Thucydides VI Group 1 and Group 2, Homer Odyssey 1 Group 3, Odyssey 6 Group 4 and am starting on Sophocles Ajax, […]

A message from Sarah and John at Hellene Travel. They are working hard to get in touch with so many loyal customers, but in the meantime… (If you use Twitter, please do follow and check their account for updates) Dear All, It is with an incredibly heavy heart that we have been forced to accept […]

Fred Pragnell has written textbooks for Common Entrance Latin and Greek, and also ‘Latin for GCSE’ to buildon his earlier course. Alongside each title are workbooks or teacher’s books, and readers based on The Trojan War and the Odyssey. Fred has kindly made all of these free to download via the Classics Library. Classics Library […]

JACT/The Classical Association’s prizes are up and running. The Sam Hood Prize For Greek or Latin translation is awarded to anyone under 19 in pre-university education, subscribing to Omnibus magazine. The Gladstone Memorial Prize is an essay competition open to any full-time student prior to taking A Level/IB. For full details on both competitions visit […]