Professor of Classics Education and Public Policy. Rhetoric, oracy & critical skills.
Durham and Cambridge
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Thank you to the @Classical_Assoc and all the wonderful colleagues in schools, charities, prisons, museums, subject associations and policy organisations with whom I have collaborated.
This is recognition of our #collective successes.
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In 10 minutes I'm talking on BBC World Service about gods from the machine bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live/b…
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Interested in pursuing a #PhD in education? Check our Multilingual pedagogy and children’s picture books project and apply here 👇 uwl.ac.uk/course/research/ed… @UWL_Research
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A real ‘pinch me’ moment, launching 3 of my 2026 books at a parliamentary reception in the House of Lords yesterday. I summarised 350,000 words in 6 minutes!
@wmarybeard @PDJSwallow @durham_uni @ahrcpress @BritishAcademy_ @Classical_Assoc @routledgebooks @LivUniPress
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Thank you SO much for coming from NI for the event. Your chapter brings rich insights which are vital for the future of Humanities education in schools and communities. @stranbelfast
What a special day today with my colleague @Jill_Magennis at the book launch of Humanities Forward in which we had written a chapter entitled ‘Looking Back, Striving Forward’ examining how Forgiveness could be a powerful tool for peace building in Northern Ireland @stranbelfast
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Delighted to have contributed to this brilliant book by @ProfArleneHH and so pleased to celebrate its official launch at the House of Lords today! Want to know why archaeologists and classicists make the best policy-makers? Read it for free here: routledge.com/Classics-and-P…
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Such a great point about an understanding of rhetoric being a form of literacy in its own right! Congratulations and thank you for publishing with us 🙌
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And so-
@ProfArleneHH and I make a case for this in our forthcoming book, Reviving Rhetoric Across the Curriculum: A Guide for Teachers and School Leaders with @routledgebooks.
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I'm very proud of what we have created, and hugely grateful to @Trivium21c and @MaryMyatt for their foreword and afterword.
You can find out more and pre-order here: routledge.com/Reviving-Rheto…
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So sad to hear this news. I was introduced to Pat by @edithmayhall and enjoyed our lunches and car trips around Cambridgeshire. She was kind, generous and encouraging. I remember particularly fondly a conversation about her own (state) schooling in #Blackburn. Rest well, Pat.
Blog on my friend and mentor Professor Pat Easterling, who died this week edithorial.blogspot.com/2026…
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A heatwave. Water shortages. Crop failures.
It sounds familiar, but this was England in the 13th century.
Dr Alex Brown of @durham_history & @IMEMSDurham explores what medieval extremes can teach us about today's climate challenges: 🔗➡️brnw.ch/21x4oPF
@ConversationUK
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Q: What has made me deliriously happy on a sunny Friday afternoon?
A: Submitting my chapter manuscript to the #Deutscher #Altphilologenverband for its centenary festschrift:
'Securing and sustaining #policy support for #ancient #languages #education: perspectives from the UK’.
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What do ginkgo trees and the humanities have in common?🍃🤔
The answer from @profarlenehh of @Durham_Classics is part of a theme running through her new book, Humanities Forward.
Arlene explains all below & read more here: ➡️ brnw.ch/21x4uqY
@ahrcpress @BritishAcademy_
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📢'Don't let Christopher Nolan's #Odyssey be the end of your journey with Classics.'📢
@profarlenehh of @Durham_Classics on the 'spectacular' rise of Classics in schools & her passion for widening access to these ancient stories.
#DUinspire #DUresearch
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Thanks to @SaysMiss and @mmgiovanelli for hosting a superb @LitdriveUK conference at @AstonUniversity on Saturday. It was a pleasure to talk about #Reviving #Rhetoric with teachers of English, Drama and Media. With shoutouts to @EngMediaCentre, @Tom_F_Wright & @SpeakingCitz 👏
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Lovely day at @friendshouseldn conversing with English teachers from across the UK about #oracy & #rhetoric. We discussed how academic research can inform classroom practice. #negotiation #protest #disagreement #critical #listening. Thank you for inviting me @PTIEducation #DDPday
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Fab @policyupen conference this week at @ucl. Thanks to the organisers, speakers and attendees for their energy and enthusiasm.
Lovely to ‘soft launch’ my latest book ‘Classics and Public Policy’ @routledgebooks with a neoclassical background! #policy #engagement #collaboration
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"Aristotle beyond the Academy in Britain & Ireland" will be published this autumn open access (Routledge). I'm posting some of its best images in a series from today. Here's Dorrington's "The Excellent Woman", who excels in Virtue Ethics (1692) @ProfArleneHH @PDJSwallow
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Bringing civil servants and researchers into productive conversation is one of my favourite activities.
Thanks to @instituteforgov, @BritishAcademy_ and HMG civil service colleagues for a super day with ECRs in #Whitehall yesterday.
#SHAPE #evidence #policy #BuildingCapacity
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*How places think, and how we think about places*
Super discussion this week at @hmtreasury #Darlington with Sarah Chaytor, Les Newby, Dan Monnery & Anthonia James.
The elated face you see👇🏼 belongs to a classicist who never thought they’d be invited to speak at #EconFest!
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Many UK trains have a ‘quiet zone’ but I’ve noticed that @lner has introduced the ‘quieter zone’, where people are encouraged to keep their conversations hushed. This implies that conversations are encouraged…
I present to you the Norwegian answer…
The SILENT carriage. ❤️💎
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