audio video disco

My friend James recently did a short interview for a website about being a Latin Lecturer; here are some of his answers: What is it abou...

In putting together a bit of a vocab list for Livy V , I noticed that Livy uses each of the following compounds of fero , ferre, tuli, latus...

My year 12 class have recently done an exam on Aeneid XII ; to help them learn from the experience I wrote a sample answer to the extended...

  Aeneid XII , as imagined by my current year 12 class

I sometimes half-jokingly tell people who ask me about being a Latin teacher that it's a growth industry. While Latin teaching is a sma...

Some notes from R.D. Williams on Aeneid XII.843f ., interspersed with the relevant passages and translations. For more on the links between ...

Trawling through the web, looking for something else, I came across an old (2005)  statistic from England, pointing out that out 93 of thei...

[Mt Athos]   I notice that one of the horses racing in today's Melbourne Cup is called Mt Athos. It just so happens I was transl...

Apart from English, classical languages are the only subjects which focus on the study of great literature.   The books you get to rea...

In case anyone is interested, here is a sample extended response answer I wrote for the Livy extended response from my trial HSC paper this ...

View Larger Map I think I'm going to be in Munich towards the end of October for a friend's wedding (the wedding is confirmed...

I read a Martin Amis novel for the first time this year, and so this interview with him caught my eye. It's super long, and interestin...

The Nicholson Museum at Sydney Uni have a lego colosseum on display. It's amazing, and I will be taking my daughter to see it these ...

I have to give a talk in a week (actually less than that - *panic*) to year 12 Latin students on how to prepare for and do the 'unseen t...

One of my students asked me yesterday if the Romans had a word for fun . I didn't know. I still don't. The concept of fun is a... w...