Andy Keen
@keenerclassics.bsky.social
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Teacher of Greek, Class Civ, Latin, Cuneiform, Middle Egyptian, EPQ. Bristol, UK
Off to spend an afternoon listening to this wonderful man tomorrow
#JohnTaylor
#GreektoGCSE
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Off to spend an afternoon listening to this wonderful man tomorrow
#JohnTaylor
#GreektoGCSE
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Classics In Our Time podcasts page updated to include the latest one on the Roman Arena!
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Classics In Our Time Podcasts
This is a list of podcasts from BBC In Our Time. I originally posted this as a Blog Post in 2017, but now updating it to a Page to make it easier to edit. Latest update:Ā 4 September 2025 Greekā¦
https://keenerclassics.wordpress.com/classics-in-our-time-podcasts/
10 days ago
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This Thursday, In Our Time discusses The Roman Arena:
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BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, The Roman Arena
Misha Glenny and guests discuss the origins and harsh realities of the gladiator life.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002qj85
23 days ago
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Bacchae Premiere and Director Q&A (Rent)
Purchase one-off access to the online premiere of Bacchae. Followed by an exclusive Q&A with Indhu Rubasingham. Friday 6th February | Live at 7:30pm GMT. The women of the Bacchae will not be...
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23 days ago
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Happy New Year 2026!
about 2 months ago
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Today, Chedworth Roman villa (and its snails) and Corinium museum, with 28 students and 4 staff!
#classicsbluesky
4 months ago
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Off on a residential school trip tomorrow morning, visiting Chedworth,
@coriniummuseum.bsky.social
,
@britishmuseum.bsky.social
,
@bignorvilla.bsky.social
,
@romanpalace.bsky.social
, and
@ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social
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#ClassicsBlueSky
4 months ago
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āThe 1st half introduces the characters of Dido, Aeneas, and the mischievous gods through song, music, and visual projections. The 2nd half features a full performance of Purcellās Dido and Aeneas, re-imagined with traditional harpsichord and continuo.ā
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Bristol Grammar School | St George's Bristol
https://www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk/whats-on/bristol-grammar-school-3/
4 months ago
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Sad news. A brilliant poet and playwright. And he and Oliver Taplin made the best documentary ever about Orpheus about twenty years agoā¦
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5 months ago
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Podcast on Chatham High Street made me think of you,
@bandages.bsky.social
!
youtube.com/watch?v=NO2r...
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Tom Finally Convinces Dominic To Go To Chatham High Street
YouTube video by The Rest Is History
https://youtube.com/watch?v=NO2r1C_U81c
5 months ago
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Rather excited to be going to Gloucester today for the
#GloucesterHistoryFestival
with talks today and tomorrow.
5 months ago
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On my way to Bath to see
@nataliehaynes.bsky.social
5 months ago
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Given the news about Melvyn Bragg stepping down from In Our Time, now might be a good time to share this list (thanks to Paul Cartledge for the reminder!)
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Classics In Our Time Podcasts
This is a list of podcasts from BBC In Our Time. I originally posted this as a Blog Post in 2017, but now updating it to a Page to make it easier to edit. Latest update:Ā 4 September 2025 Greekā¦
https://keenerclassics.wordpress.com/classics-in-our-time-podcasts/
6 months ago
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āauferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus imperium, atque, ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.ā - Tacitus
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Blair joins White House meeting with Trump on post-war Gaza
The talks come as Israel prepares to seize Gaza City as a step towards full control of the territory.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gmrxd8ryno
6 months ago
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reposted by
Andy Keen
marybeard
6 months ago
New podcast from two women with a shared intellectual project: classics from the ancient world to nowā¦theatre, architecture, history, film, you name it
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An excellent
@coriniummuseum.bsky.social
beer!
6 months ago
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We have come to Dunham Massey with family. Beautiful day and wonderful gardens. Getting peckish. Do they do scones
@nationaltrust.org.uk
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7 months ago
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Just booked tickets for Gloucester History Festival in September: Lyse Doucet, cider tasting, Islam Issa,
@drjaninaramirez.bsky.social
,
@gregjenner.bsky.social
, and
@davidolusoga.bsky.social
! 20-21 Sep.
www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk/autumn-2025/
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Autumn Festival 2025 - Gloucester History Festival
https://www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk/autumn-2025/
7 months ago
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What perfect album came out when you were 16? These were four of my favourites at the time.
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7 months ago
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Very exciting news: pre-order is available for You Are Odysseus by
@lejenksbrown.bsky.social
(aka
@greekmythcomix.bsky.social
).
www.waterstones.com/book/you-are...
You Are Odysseus by L Jenkinson-Brown, Homer | Waterstones
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You Are Odysseus by L Jenkinson-Brown, Homer | Waterstones
Buy You Are Odysseus by L Jenkinson-Brown, Homer from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over Ā£25.
https://www.waterstones.com/book/you-are-odysseus/l-jenkinson-brown/homer/9781068240607
7 months ago
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A quick classical crossword.
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Keenerās Classical Crossword ā July 2025
Most of these clues have some kind of Classical connection. Clues can be found below. Across 1 Famous Roman Stoic (6) 5 Peloponnesian city state (6) 8 Heraclesā fifth labour (6,7) 9 mane (Latin); Ī¼ā¦
https://keenerclassics.wordpress.com/2025/07/20/keeners-classical-crossword-july-2025/
7 months ago
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Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka: early days
Embarking on two weeks in Sri Lanka. Sigiriya and the cultural triangle, then off to Trincomalee and then Kandy and Colombo before heading back home. We left on Wednesday 16th July, flying via Dubaā¦
https://keenerclassics.wordpress.com/2025/07/19/sri-lanka-early-days/
7 months ago
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Quote with a picture of you from the 80s.
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7 months ago
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Arrived back in Bristol after a lovely
#CA2025
in St Andrews. Some great inspiring talks, brilliant people to talk to, and a lot of fun in a beautiful location! Hereās to Manchester
#CA2026
next April!
7 months ago
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Off to the CA conference on Friday in St Andrewās! Presenting a paper on our new Y7 Classics curriculum (cuneiform, Egyptian, Greek, Latin).
7 months ago
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A puzzle for you. Four groups of four. Carey, Chain, Foot, Furlong, Kandinsky, Mondrian, Moore, Pole, Pollock, Popper, Rawls, Rothko, Runcie, Russell, Welby, Williams
8 months ago
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What's a book ā or series of books ā that you loved as a kid that almost nobody seems to read or even remember nowadays?
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8 months ago
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Bristol Latin Play Competition was a great success on Thursday. Congrats to winners Sefton Park (juniors) and Royal High School Bath (seniors). Next for me: going to St Andrews for the CA conference to talk about teaching cuneiform to 11 year olds!
8 months ago
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Huge Roman 'jigsaw' reveals 2,000-year-old wall paintings
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Huge archaeological puzzle reveals Roman London frescoes
Thousands of fragments of plaster are pieced together to reveal frescos from a Roman London villa.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y5w1ldz8do
8 months ago
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Four magnificent Ganapati / Ganesh figures from the Ancient India exhibition at the British Museum
8 months ago
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Went to the
@britishmuseum.bsky.social
at the weekend and had a look at the room that was closed the last two times I was there!
#Theseuskylix
#AthenaNike
8 months ago
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Looking forward to trying this out! š
8 months ago
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Spent the afternoon cataloguing some old Greece and Rome volumes. And when I say oldā¦
8 months ago
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"The people finding these things, it can make their year just to pull something out of the ground."
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Carlisle archaeological dig discovers Roman column at cricket club
The piece is among items found by volunteers digging at cricket club in Carlisle.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93y0ll0n9eo
8 months ago
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Over the past few months Iāve been continuing our BGS Classics podcast by inviting special guests to speak with us. First was poet and English teacher David Briggs, who has written a book called The Odyssey Complex:
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Special Guest: David Briggs on Homer's Odyssey and The Odyssey Complex
BGS Classics Podcast Ā· Episode
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7851Jynhmfubrs9Cy5TGVs?si=sCGLgXYQQCKq6Wf99UME8g
9 months ago
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Just amused myself by thinking of what "of this ballet skirt" would be in Classical Greek...! š ĻĪæĻ ĻĪæĻ ĻĪæĻ ĻĻ ĻĻ (toutou tou tutu)
10 months ago
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reposted by
Andy Keen
Bitewing Games
10 months ago
The verdict is in! Iliad and Ichor have both earned The Dice Tower Seal of Excellence! ā”
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My list of classical In Our Time podcasts has been updated, with the brilliant programme on the Gracchi added:
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Classics In Our Time Podcasts
This is a list of podcasts from BBC In Our Time. I originally posted this as a Blog Post in 2017, but now updating it to a Page to make it easier to edit. Latest update:Ā 22 March 2025 Greek Liā¦
https://keenerclassics.wordpress.com/classics-in-our-time-podcasts/
10 months ago
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The latest episode of the BGS Classics podcast: Charlie Pearson on the Persian Wars, the Crusades, and the role of conflict in shaping cultural identity.
www.buzzsprout.com/869239/episo...
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Special Guest: Charlie Pearson on the Persian Wars, the Crusades, and the role of conflict in shaping cultural identity - BGS Classics Podcast
In this episode of the Bristol Grammar School Classics Podcast, Andy Keen and Dan Watkins are joined by historian and educator Charlie Pearson for a rich and thought-provoking discussion exploring the...
https://www.buzzsprout.com/869239/episodes/16897437
11 months ago
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āAt 60, the bulk of your life is lived. Whatās left now?ā Ralph Fiennes and Uberto Pasolini on their ripped and radical take on The Odyssey
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...
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āAt 60, the bulk of your life is lived. Whatās left now?ā Ralph Fiennes and Uberto Pasolini on their ripped and radical take on The Odyssey
The actor and director on why The Return took 30 years to make, their joy at persuading Juliette Binoche to join them ā and the punishing regime that earned Fiennes his battle-scarred physique
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/28/at-60-the-bulk-of-your-life-is-lived-whats-left-now-ralph-fiennes-and-uberto-pasolini-on-their-ripped-and-radical-take-on-the-odyssey?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
11 months ago
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In the latest episode of the BGS Classics podcast, we are joined by Colin Wadey, BGS Philosophy and Ethics teacher, to talk about myth and religion, from Classical Greece to the New Testament and beyond!
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Special Guest: Colin Wadey on the nature of religion in the ancient and modern world - BGS Classics Podcast
In this episode of the Bristol Grammar School Classics Podcast, Andy Keen and Dan Watkins are joined by Colin Wadey, teacher of Philosophy and Ethics, for a wide-ranging discussion on the nature of re...
https://www.buzzsprout.com/869239/episodes/16857159
11 months ago
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In Our Time classics podcasts page now updated to include the one on
#Cyrus
the Great:
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Classics In Our Time Podcasts
This is a list of podcasts from BBC In Our Time. I originally posted this as a Blog Post in 2017, but now updating it to a Page to make it easier to edit. Latest update:Ā 22 March 2025 Greek Liā¦
https://keenerclassics.wordpress.com/classics-in-our-time-podcasts/
11 months ago
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In the latest episode of the BGS Classics podcast, we are joined by Eva Yemenakis, BGS English teacher, to talk about Sappho, Ovid, Emily Dickinson, Sylvia Plath, William Shakespeare and lots more!
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Special Guest: Eva Yemenakis on Sappho, Ovid, meaning and context in literature - BGS Classics Podcast
In this episode of the Bristol Grammar School Classics Podcast, Dan Watkins and Andy Keen are joined by Eva Yemenakis, an English teacher, to explore Sappho and Ovidātwo of the most intriguing and inf...
https://www.buzzsprout.com/869239/episodes/16815811
11 months ago
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Another episode, but this time with a special guest: David Briggs, who speaks about his poetry collection The Odyssey Complex, discussing themes of xenia, storge, enantiodromia, nostos, and identity. There's also an opportunity to hear David reading his poetry.
www.buzzsprout.com/869239/episo...
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Special Guest: David Briggs on Homer's Odyssey and The Odyssey Complex - BGS Classics Podcast
In this episode of the BGS Classics Podcast, Mr. Watkins and Mr. Keen welcome poet and teacher David Briggs to discuss his latest collection, The Odyssey Complex and Other Poems. The conversation delv...
https://www.buzzsprout.com/869239/episodes/16772721
11 months ago
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Great day ahead: recording a podcast on the Odyssey with poet and author of The Odyssey Complex, Dr David Briggs; then Bristol quizbowl final at QEH; then Bristol Classical Association talk by Shaun Tougher about eunuchs.
11 months ago
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Going round the Roman Baths in Bath. Never listened to the ākidsā audio guide before. Itās
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
! Brilliant. Love it.
12 months ago
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Amazing effort by one of our Year 10s today for World Book Day!
12 months ago
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š® š§ Man's brain turned to glass by hot
#Vesuvius
ash cloud
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Man's brain turned to glass by Vesuvius volcano ash cloud
The pea-sized brain was found in the skull of a 20-year-old man killed in the volcanic eruption.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgr2n8xx5gyo
12 months ago
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The BGS Classics Podcast now has episodes on: 1. GCSE Class Civ: Myth and Religion 2. GCSE Class Civ: Homeric World 3. A level Class Civ: Invention of the Barbarian 4. A level Class Civ: Love and Relationships Available wherever you get your podcasts! Search BGS Classics
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BGS Classics Podcast
A podcast designed to help you learn and revise for your Latin, Greek and Class Civ courses.So far, we have:1. GCSE Class Civ: Myth and Religion2. GCSE Class Civ: Homeric World3. A level Class Civ: Lo...
https://classcivgcse.buzzsprout.com/
12 months ago
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