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Advocating Classics Education project based at @durham_uni. Co-directed by @edithmayhall & @profarlenehh @durham_classics.

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Check out our interactive digital sourcebooks, designed by @world_museum & @KingsClassics, with input from @_hardeepdhindsa. Use them flexibly for revision, enrichment or preparatory teaching. @pdjswallow @drarlenehh @edithmayhall @ahrcpress aceclassics.org.uk/launching-clas…


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I was interviewed by Ian HIslop on Radio 4 today about Juvenal but forgot all about having recorded it. It's short, fun and here: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…


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Yesterday at Ye Houses of Parliament my former PhD student and colleague Dr Peter Swallow MP hosted the launch of my book with Durham colleague Prof Arlene Holmes-Henderson promoting Classical Civilisation and Ancient History in secondary education. It was a joy.

edithmayhall's tweet image. Yesterday at Ye Houses of Parliament my former PhD student and colleague Dr Peter Swallow MP hosted the launch of my book with Durham colleague Prof Arlene Holmes-Henderson promoting Classical Civilisation and Ancient History in secondary education. It was a joy.

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Thrilled the Special Idsue of Green Letters I edited with Alison Sharrock is now online if you have access to Taylor and Francis. Mostly on trees in epic from Homer to Nonnus

edithmayhall's tweet image. Thrilled the Special Idsue of Green Letters I edited with Alison Sharrock is now online if you have access to Taylor and Francis. Mostly on trees in epic from Homer to Nonnus

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Prestigious Northern Uni Durham Crowned Britain’s University Of The Year 2025 By the Sunday Times timeout.com/uk/news/the-pr… So glad to work here


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NEW ISSUE OUT NOW Rhetorica Volume 43, Number 1, Winter 2025 Special Issue: Aristotle’s Rhetoric and its Audiences CONTRIBUTORS Edith Hall Alessandro Vatri Rosie Wyles Phillip Sidney Horky Arlene Holmes-Henderson Joseph Turner Chelsea Schaper tinyurl.com/2zeewr4w

JHUPress's tweet image. NEW ISSUE OUT NOW 
Rhetorica
Volume 43, Number 1, Winter 2025 

Special Issue: Aristotle’s Rhetoric and its Audiences 


CONTRIBUTORS 
Edith Hall
Alessandro Vatri
Rosie Wyles
Phillip Sidney Horky
Arlene Holmes-Henderson

Joseph Turner
Chelsea Schaper

tinyurl.com/2zeewr4w

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Edith Hall, Professor of Classics at Durham University, discusses Aristotle and why his ideas are still relevant👇💡 joinexpeditions.com/exps/625 #Aristotle #Philosophy #Classics #AncientWisdom

JuliaReedWriter's tweet image. Edith Hall, Professor of Classics at Durham University, discusses Aristotle and why his ideas are still relevant👇💡 
joinexpeditions.com/exps/625 
#Aristotle #Philosophy #Classics #AncientWisdom

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Spotlight on: Professor Edith Hall – championing Classics education for all  durham.ac.uk/news-events/la…

Sarah404BC's tweet image. Spotlight on: Professor Edith Hall – championing Classics education for all 

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Listen to this remarkable and wide-ranging interview with the brilliant classicist and philhellene (the two don't necessarily go together, as she points out), Edith Hall @edithmayhall bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…


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My tribute to Tony Harrison last week was to read his great, last, valedictory poem ‘Polygons’ at Delphi, where he started it.


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Very honoured that Facing down the Furies is on this prestigious list. If I were to win it I could fund another year or two prison teaching. We live in hope

edithmayhall's tweet image. Very honoured that Facing down the Furies is on this prestigious list. If I were to win it I could fund another year or two prison teaching. We live in hope

For the weekend crowd, check out our shortlist for this year's London Hellenic Prize. Congratulations once again to our amazing shortlisted authors @ChrisChildersoO, @alex_christofi, Sasha Dugdale, @edithmayhall, and Tony Molho!



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I had a blast at Berwick on Tweed Literary Festival being brilliantly interviewed by archaeologist Prof James Crowe on my Iliad book. Lovely town. I want to live here.

edithmayhall's tweet image. I had a blast at Berwick on Tweed Literary Festival being brilliantly interviewed by archaeologist Prof James Crowe on my Iliad book. Lovely town. I want to live here.
edithmayhall's tweet image. I had a blast at Berwick on Tweed Literary Festival being brilliantly interviewed by archaeologist Prof James Crowe on my Iliad book. Lovely town. I want to live here.

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NEW EPISODE DAY! Can you see what a hoot @edithmayhall, Nikita & I had recording this one? Get ready to meet the Nine Earthly Muses, the most admired Greek women poets - including Sappho and Anyte! Airing at 9am BST on @BBCRadio4.

officialnhaynes's tweet image. NEW EPISODE DAY! Can you see what a hoot @edithmayhall, Nikita & I had recording this one? Get ready to meet the Nine Earthly Muses, the most admired Greek women poets - including Sappho and Anyte! 

Airing at 9am BST on @BBCRadio4.
officialnhaynes's tweet image. NEW EPISODE DAY! Can you see what a hoot @edithmayhall, Nikita & I had recording this one? Get ready to meet the Nine Earthly Muses, the most admired Greek women poets - including Sappho and Anyte! 

Airing at 9am BST on @BBCRadio4.

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"We reassured young people that their voice deserves to be heard."📢 Our oracy expert @ProfArleneHH of @Durham_Classics reflects on a powerful project with @Grand_Theatre. Read more: 👉 brnw.ch/21wUWJX #DUresearch #DUinspire

durham_uni's tweet image. "We reassured young people that their voice deserves to be heard."📢
Our oracy expert @ProfArleneHH of @Durham_Classics reflects on a powerful project with @Grand_Theatre.  
Read more: 👉  brnw.ch/21wUWJX
#DUresearch #DUinspire

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Delighted to offer the opening #keynote at this @Euroclassica conference. It was my pleasure to share with #international #colleagues the exciting work being done at @durham_uni to grow the field of #Classics #Education #research. @ahrcpress @BritishAcademy_ @LeverhulmeTrust

All the attendees at the Euroclassica conference in Sofia, Bulgaria. The European Classics community is welcoming new colleagues all the time. @seecmadrid @Classical_Assoc @StevenHuntClass @Cnarela1 @classicsforall

Euroclassica's tweet image. All the attendees at the Euroclassica conference in Sofia, Bulgaria. The European Classics community is welcoming new colleagues all the time. @seecmadrid @Classical_Assoc @StevenHuntClass @Cnarela1 @classicsforall


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My first time in #Bulgaria. Lots to see! @UKinBulgaria Thanks to @euroclassica for inviting me 🎉 #Humanities #education #Science4Policy

ProfArleneHH's tweet image. My first time in #Bulgaria. Lots to see! @UKinBulgaria 

Thanks to @euroclassica for inviting me 🎉 #Humanities #education #Science4Policy
ProfArleneHH's tweet image. My first time in #Bulgaria. Lots to see! @UKinBulgaria 

Thanks to @euroclassica for inviting me 🎉 #Humanities #education #Science4Policy
ProfArleneHH's tweet image. My first time in #Bulgaria. Lots to see! @UKinBulgaria 

Thanks to @euroclassica for inviting me 🎉 #Humanities #education #Science4Policy
ProfArleneHH's tweet image. My first time in #Bulgaria. Lots to see! @UKinBulgaria 

Thanks to @euroclassica for inviting me 🎉 #Humanities #education #Science4Policy

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*Classics in Action* is only £3.99 on kindle! A massive 73% saving compared to the print copy. @jessbisc and I hope you enjoy it. Please leave a review 📖 amazon.co.uk/Classics-Actio…


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Thanks to #Deutscher #Altphilologenverband for inviting me to Kaiser-Karls-Gymnasium in Aachen, Germany. I gave the keynote lecture on #Classics & #Twenty-first century #skills. Brilliant to see students, trainee teachers, teachers, school leaders & policymakers come together 👏

ProfArleneHH's tweet image. Thanks to #Deutscher #Altphilologenverband for inviting me to Kaiser-Karls-Gymnasium in Aachen, Germany. I gave the keynote lecture on #Classics & #Twenty-first century #skills.

Brilliant to see students, trainee teachers, teachers, school leaders & policymakers come together 👏
ProfArleneHH's tweet image. Thanks to #Deutscher #Altphilologenverband for inviting me to Kaiser-Karls-Gymnasium in Aachen, Germany. I gave the keynote lecture on #Classics & #Twenty-first century #skills.

Brilliant to see students, trainee teachers, teachers, school leaders & policymakers come together 👏
ProfArleneHH's tweet image. Thanks to #Deutscher #Altphilologenverband for inviting me to Kaiser-Karls-Gymnasium in Aachen, Germany. I gave the keynote lecture on #Classics & #Twenty-first century #skills.

Brilliant to see students, trainee teachers, teachers, school leaders & policymakers come together 👏
ProfArleneHH's tweet image. Thanks to #Deutscher #Altphilologenverband for inviting me to Kaiser-Karls-Gymnasium in Aachen, Germany. I gave the keynote lecture on #Classics & #Twenty-first century #skills.

Brilliant to see students, trainee teachers, teachers, school leaders & policymakers come together 👏

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Durham's @ProfArleneHH and @edithmayhall authored the first full study of Classical Civilisation and Ancient History GCSEs/A-Levels. Celebrated at a parliamentary reception hosted by @PDJSwallow & @Classical_Assoc, read more 👉: brnw.ch/21wVG0Y @livunipress @ahrcpress

durham_uni's tweet image. Durham's @ProfArleneHH and @edithmayhall authored the first full study of Classical Civilisation and Ancient History GCSEs/A-Levels. Celebrated at a parliamentary reception hosted by @PDJSwallow & @Classical_Assoc, read more 👉:  brnw.ch/21wVG0Y @livunipress @ahrcpress

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