On the effect of films about the ancient world:

"They can always come along and get the real story from us later," says Associate Professor Dexter Hoyos, of Sydney University's Department of Classics and Ancient History. "It's if we don't get them in the first place that we have problems. And so far we haven't had any students coming to us after their first year saying it's not like it was in Gladiator."   more »

I didn't know what to expect, the morning I followed the brown 'heritage' signs to Danebury Iron Age hillfort.

I had just returned from Greece on an overnight flight and was driving west on the A 303 when I realised I was going to fall asleep at the wheel. That was when I spotted the brown sign, and got safely off the main road. It was further from the A303 than I had expected, but when I got there I found Danebury a delight. Mind ...   more »

I was following up a news item mentioned in today's Explorator when I came across Weymouth and Portland Council's page all about the Romans. Cheerfully illustrated, this page lists Roman sites in the area to visit.

The same page of Google came up with the English Heritage collection of guides for teachers.    more »