I’ve been sitting on this one for a few days, hoping some English coverage might appear, but that doesn’t seem to be happening.  In the Italian press, however, there is much coverage of some non-invasive testing of the Praeneste Fibula (on which is inscribed our oldest example of Latin), and it is now being declared [...]

Interesting coverage from the Guardian, which — even more interestingly — seems to go beyond the original Cambridge press release: To say it has been an archaeological mystery may be an understatement: why are fragments of beautiful but deliberately smashed bronze age figurines buried in shallow pits on a small, rocky Greek island whose main [...]

Rugby doesn’t get much airplay up here in the Great Humid North, so I can’t honestly say I’ve heard of Jamie Gibson, but it’s always nice to read when folks with a talent on a playing field also take part in activities in the Classics field. Some excerpts from the Express: JAMIE GIBSON is living [...]

This one’s been making the rounds of all my sources (i.e. email, Facebook, Twitter), so without further ado:

No, the job hasn’t been filled yet (I don’t think), but the  Daily Mail has a lengthy piece on the lifestyles of tutors of the rich and famous … it includes this: However, tutors exist in a world in which clients have so much money, their fees are almost irrelevant. Indeed, the more these parents [...]