@emmasouthon.bsky.social book tour stars this week! #rome #ancientRome #romanempire #slavery

My dear friend Emma is on her book tour! She’s awesome so if she’s at an event near you, go and hear about Servus, how slavery made the Roman Empire @emmasouthon.bsky.social #rome #ancienthistory #slavery #romanempire #book

Session 1 @histassoc.bsky.social amazing paper on addressing gender bias in the history curriculum #haconf26

It’s history paper 1 day! Hoping it’s a great paper for my Year 11s as they’ve all worked so hard preparing for today! #GCSE #History #AQA #Germany #ConflictandTension #Korea #Vietnam

@histassoc.bsky.social on my way to the North for #haconf26 #teachhistory

Emma Southon is on tour with her new book "Servus - How Slavery made the Roman Empire" ...

My dear friend Emma is on her book tour! She’s awesome so if she’s at an event near you, go and hear about Servus, how slavery made the Roman Empire @emmasouthon.bsky.social #rome #ancienthistory #slavery #romanempire #book

When your Year 11 historians surprise you for the last lesson before exams 🥹 and got cinnamon rolls for everyone 🥹

When you teach civil rights in A-level History & in Politics, and you’ve studied the movement and LBJ’s Voting Rights Act, but you now have another Supreme Court ruling to study (like the overturning of Roe) that diminishes the hard won protection of those rights youtu.be/KLb8UnuudFo?...

Year 12 Politics are currently looking at the PM & Cabinet, and today we looked at PMs being ‘presidential’ and using Special Advisers (SpAds) instead of MPs and Civil Servants; as part of our research we looked up how much SpAds earn and collectively asked ‘how much?!’ www.gov.uk/government/p...

Today at the LCS Agora club (with students in KS3 and KS5) we recapped parrhesia in democracy, & explored how Demosthenes uses the Athenian past to soften his parrhesia to the Assembly. We then analysed King Charles’ speech to Congress and how he expertly used the past to expertly deliver parrhesia

Re the #WHCD let’s remember that there have been over 30 gunfire incidents on school grounds in 2026. It’s only April. The fear of the people in that room is what students and teachers face as part of school life. everytownresearch.org/maps/gunfire...

The Strokes end Coachella performance with fiery political video condemning US government

Amazing to see ancient democracy in the modern history classroom! I’m so chuffed that my talk was useful and that Year 8 are thinking about @utaustin.bsky.social Prof Michael Gagarin’s thoughts on democracy! #teachAncient #democracy #UKteaching #schools #Athens

Realised today that students would like to read my paper on ancient and modern populism that I gave at the CA Conference last summer… I’ve not published my research since 2020, maybe now is the time to return to the world of submitting my work for peer-review! #research #populism #classics #oratory

Had an absolutely brilliant day with Sian and her awesome Classical Civilisation students talking about Plato, Aristophanes, demagogues and decision making in the Assembly. #classics #Alevel #teaching #OCR #teachClassics #democracy #Athens

This!

What if the words that shaped ancient civilisations could help someone rewrite their future? The ACE project wants to widen access to the study of classics for society’s most marginalised learners, those in prison. Pilot feedback has shown that it has been transformative for incarcerated learners.

#TeamRhetoric It’s brilliant to launch our new Oratory and Rhetoric Club at Lichfield Cathedral School: AGORA The LCS Agora will be a space to explore rhetoric, oratory, and persuasion from the origins of democracy in Classical Athens to modernity! #democracy #oratory #rhetoric #teaching #debates

I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.

He is a little boy. He was taken from school and used as bait to open the door of his home. He has been detained in Texas. He is a little child. Children are being taken. Parents are being taken. People are being taken.

POV History & Classics teachers in 2026: It’s frustrating seeing how ancient history, especially empires, is used to justify actions in the present. What’s inspiring as an Ancient Historian is knowing that I have the skills to address misconceptions and encourage critical thinking.

Monday, tune in for a special conversation between Rachel Maddow and guests of her most recent podcast “Burn Order” from a live community event in Los Angeles. Watch Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order Monday at 9pm ET on MS NOW.

In March 2026 I’ll be with the awesome @ttradioofficial.bsky.social talking about Ancient Democracy! #History #Teaching #CPD

It’s finally new ink time

First term as the new HoD of History and Politics at LCS ✅ #teaching

One of the best versions of Macbeth I’ve ever seen. Truly Scottish and what a brilliant setting for it #Macbeth #RSC #Shakespeare #TheOtherPlace

Hope you don’t mind me sharing this again. I’m just so excited to share this brand new podcast series produced by @histfest.bsky.social for @historyextra.bsky.social Listen wherever you get your podcasts (here’s the Spotify link spotify.link/hxH97mL4PXb )

Well behind (HoD in a new school - autumn caught up with me!) but here’s my latest @classicstober.bsky.social for yesterday. Day 14 Cocytus, the river that flows to Acheron, of wailing and lamentation. οιμοι φεύ φεύ

@classicstober.bsky.social day 4 Shroud #ClassicsTober

Busy day but trying to make sure I do my #ClassicsTober day 3 Graiai @classicstober.bsky.social

@classicstober.bsky.social day 2 #Thanatos

#ClassicsTober time #hypnos @classicstober.bsky.social

An early start, but what a beautiful morning singing on BBC Radio 4 this morning for Sunday Worship with Lichfield Cathedral Chamber Choir

#AQA 1K display is starting to come together! #USA #teaching #Alevel #RiseofaSuperpower

Freedom of speech is ancient, freedom of satire is ancient. If you are not free to criticise leaders, it is not a democracy

A little poster for my classroom. A collection of Ancient Greek and Roman comedy but mostly tragedy masks depicted in ancient art.

Athenian Democracy was based on 2 principles: isegoria (right to speak) isonomia (equal in the law) but that did not absolve you from the consequences - you’d be prosecuted for libel/ slander, if you lied or gave poor advice that harmed the polis you’re accountable. It did not silence dissent.

Closing today! 📣 This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of this new chapter and join me in building a new and dynamic department to engage our historians and politicians! #Teaching #hiring #UKEd #Lichfield #history #politics #AQA lichfieldcathedralschool.face-ed.co.uk/Vacancies/De...

Very excited to get my hands on the new book by Rachel Ball and Alex Fairlamb ‘The Scaffolding Effect’. I LOVE their ‘What is History Teaching Now’ so cannot wait to read this and put it into action in my department!

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

One thing every student should hear (actually every person at every age) Your best is always good enough. No matter what. It’s something my Dad always told me before every exam since I was little - if I can look in the mirror and know that I did my best, then that’s all anyone can ever ask of me.

#internationalcatday #Flo

Supporting the Bham Lit Fest 2025 with the awesome #punksandchancers x #blackcountrytype collab. Support our libraries! #BooksBab #LibrariesGiveUsPower www.birminghamliteraturefestival.org

Bluesky is great, but what I really miss is what #TeacherTwitter used to be! Is it still out there? #HistoryTeacher #PoliticsTeacher #Teaching #UKteaching #KS3 #KS4 #KS5 #GCSE #AQA #Alevel #learning #pedagogy #resources #curriculum #teach

Thank you to the brilliant @emmasouthon.bsky.social for recommending @gregjenner.bsky.social You’re Dead to Me and @jonathanhealey.bsky.social new book. That’s my summer reading sorted on causes of the civil war for my Alevel history students.

Beautiful Musica Deo Sacra Matins service at Tewkesbury Abbey yesterday, with a sunbeam streaming through. I also thought, Margaret of Anjou was here! In 1471 a defeated Somerset & some Lancastrians sought Sanctuary here, but it was broken by the Yorkists. The abbey was purified & reconsecrated

Palestinian statehood is not a bargaining chip.

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