Andy Keen
@keenerclassics.bsky.social
Teacher of Greek, Class Civ, Latin, Cuneiform, Middle Egyptian, EPQ. Bristol, UK
Today, Chedworth Roman villa (and its snails) and Corinium museum, with 28 students and 4 staff! #classicsbluesky
October 23, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Today, Chedworth Roman villa (and its snails) and Corinium museum, with 28 students and 4 staff! #classicsbluesky
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! #ClassicsBlueSky
October 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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! #ClassicsBlueSky
“The 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 Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, re-imagined with traditional harpsichord and continuo.” www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk/whats-on/bri...
Bristol Grammar School | St George's Bristol
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October 22, 2025 at 5:58 AM
“The 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 Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, re-imagined with traditional harpsichord and continuo.” www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk/whats-on/bri...
Sad news. A brilliant poet and playwright. And he and Oliver Taplin made the best documentary ever about Orpheus about twenty years ago…
September 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Sad news. A brilliant poet and playwright. And he and Oliver Taplin made the best documentary ever about Orpheus about twenty years ago…
Podcast on Chatham High Street made me think of you, @bandages.bsky.social! youtube.com/watch?v=NO2r...
Tom Finally Convinces Dominic To Go To Chatham High Street
YouTube video by The Rest Is History
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September 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Podcast on Chatham High Street made me think of you, @bandages.bsky.social! youtube.com/watch?v=NO2r...
Rather excited to be going to Gloucester today for the #GloucesterHistoryFestival with talks today and tomorrow.
September 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Rather excited to be going to Gloucester today for the #GloucesterHistoryFestival with talks today and tomorrow.
On my way to Bath to see @nataliehaynes.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 10:52 AM
On my way to Bath to see @nataliehaynes.bsky.social
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!) keenerclassics.wordpress.com/classics-in-...
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: 4 September 2025 Greek…
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September 5, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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!) keenerclassics.wordpress.com/classics-in-...
“auferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus imperium, atque, ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.” - Tacitus www.bbc.com/news/article...
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.
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August 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
“auferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus imperium, atque, ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.” - Tacitus www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reposted by Andy Keen
New podcast from two women with a shared intellectual project: classics from the ancient world to now…theatre, architecture, history, film, you name it
I am starting a new podcast called Instant Classics with Charlotte Higgins. About guess what? open.spotify.com/episode/0tyH...
Instant Classics - Trailer
Instant Classics · Episode
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August 20, 2025 at 5:53 AM
New podcast from two women with a shared intellectual project: classics from the ancient world to now…theatre, architecture, history, film, you name it
An excellent @coriniummuseum.bsky.social beer!
August 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
An excellent @coriniummuseum.bsky.social beer!
We have come to Dunham Massey with family. Beautiful day and wonderful gardens. Getting peckish. Do they do scones @nationaltrust.org.uk?! 😂
August 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
We have come to Dunham Massey with family. Beautiful day and wonderful gardens. Getting peckish. Do they do scones @nationaltrust.org.uk?! 😂
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/
Autumn Festival 2025 - Gloucester History Festival
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August 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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/
What perfect album came out when you were 16? These were four of my favourites at the time.
July 28, 2025 at 3:23 AM
What perfect album came out when you were 16? These were four of my favourites at the time.
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
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 £25.
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July 26, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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
A quick classical crossword. keenerclassics.wordpress.com/2025/07/20/k...
Keener’s Classical Crossword – 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 Heracles’ fifth labour (6,7) 9 mane (Latin); μ…
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July 20, 2025 at 6:23 AM
A quick classical crossword. keenerclassics.wordpress.com/2025/07/20/k...
Quote with a picture of you from the 80s.
July 14, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Quote with a picture of you from the 80s.
Off to the CA conference on Friday in St Andrew’s! Presenting a paper on our new Y7 Classics curriculum (cuneiform, Egyptian, Greek, Latin).
July 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Off to the CA conference on Friday in St Andrew’s! Presenting a paper on our new Y7 Classics curriculum (cuneiform, Egyptian, Greek, Latin).
A puzzle for you. Four groups of four. Carey, Chain, Foot, Furlong, Kandinsky, Mondrian, Moore, Pole, Pollock, Popper, Rawls, Rothko, Runcie, Russell, Welby, Williams
June 28, 2025 at 7:23 AM
A puzzle for you. Four groups of four. Carey, Chain, Foot, Furlong, Kandinsky, Mondrian, Moore, Pole, Pollock, Popper, Rawls, Rothko, Runcie, Russell, Welby, Williams
What's a book — or series of books — that you loved as a kid that almost nobody seems to read or even remember nowadays?
June 28, 2025 at 6:19 AM
What's a book — or series of books — that you loved as a kid that almost nobody seems to read or even remember nowadays?
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!
June 28, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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!
Huge Roman 'jigsaw' reveals 2,000-year-old wall paintings www.bbc.com/news/article...
Huge archaeological puzzle reveals Roman London frescoes
Thousands of fragments of plaster are pieced together to reveal frescos from a Roman London villa.
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June 19, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Huge Roman 'jigsaw' reveals 2,000-year-old wall paintings www.bbc.com/news/article...
Four magnificent Ganapati / Ganesh figures from the Ancient India exhibition at the British Museum
June 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Four magnificent Ganapati / Ganesh figures from the Ancient India exhibition at the British Museum