View Article  Were the Romans racist?
It’s certainly the case that there seems to have been no general idea of social, cultural or intellectual inferiority based on the colour of a person’s skin.   more »
View Article  Lorna Robinson's work gets a Sunday Times article
One teacher is fighting to stop the classics from dying out in state schools, but is it too late, asks Sian Griffiths ‘Salve, magister!” In a low-slung white painted school in east London a class of 30 nine-year-olds are not yet used to the novelty of having their very own Latin teacher.   more »
View Article  Northern Schools Classics Conference
Speakers include Dr Peter Jones on Greek Epic, Tom Lloyd on Thucydides and Herodotus, Elizabeth Belcher on career prospects for Classicists, Professor Stephen Harrison on the Aeneid, Dr Scott Scullion on tragedy and Donald Hill on Ovid.   more »