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Andy Keen
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Teacher of Greek, Class Civ, Latin, Cuneiform, Middle Egyptian, EPQ. Bristol, UK
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Today, Chedworth Roman villa (and its snails) and Corinium museum, with 28 students and 4 staff! #classicsbluesky
A partial floor mosaic, with a column behind and various other museum exhibits in Corinium museum, Cirencester UK A large snail in the grass by a Roman wall
October 23, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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Here now!
A stage at Komedia Bath. There is a microphone at the front. The screen at the back of the stage saying “Natalie Haynes No Friend to This House. Post-show book signing in foyer” and a picture of the book front cover
September 13, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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On my way to Bath to see @nataliehaynes.bsky.social
A train table (one of the ones that drops down from the seat in front) with a Costa caramel latte can, a bottle of water, and a hardback copy of No Friend to This House by Natalie Haynes
September 13, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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An excellent @coriniummuseum.bsky.social beer!
A beer pump. Black sign with “PLINY THE ELDERFLOWER” on it. A pint of amber coloured ale on a table
August 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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The orangery at Dunham Massey. Grass, trees, blue skies, a few white fluffy clouds. A brick orangery in the distance with grey slate sloping roof
August 2, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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What perfect album came out when you were 16? These were four of my favourites at the time.
The cover of the album wish by the Cure. Blue circle on red background with doodled eyes The cover of the album uforb by the Orb. Large letters and planets The cover of the album rage against the machine by the band of the same name. A burning monk The cover of the album Automatic for the People by R.E.M. - a big black and white metal shape
July 28, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Quote with a picture of you from the 80s.
A picture of me in 1980 on my front drive in front of a blue garage door and a hedge. I am about 4 years old, and on a red bike with stabilisers.
July 14, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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What's a book — or series of books — that you loved as a kid that almost nobody seems to read or even remember nowadays?
A copy of Mrs Pepperpot’s Outing by Alf Prøysen. It has a fox carrying a picnic hamper on the front, at a fairground.
June 28, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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Four magnificent Ganapati / Ganesh figures from the Ancient India exhibition at the British Museum
Stone sculpture of the Hindu god Ganesh, depicted in a dynamic dancing pose with bent knees and a rounded torso. The figure has an elephant head with a curved trunk, adorned with jewellery and a headdress, standing within a rectangular carved slab Detailed stone relief of Ganesh framed by decorative foliage and small attendant figures. Ganesh stands front-facing with elaborate jewellery, a tall crown, and multiple arms holding ritual objects and sweets. The base shows a rat, his traditional vehicle, sculpted in a lively posture. Rich in iconography and narrative detail Terracotta fragment of Ganesh’s head, featuring a broad elephant trunk curling upward and prominent fan-shaped ears. The face has animated, slightly exaggerated features suggesting either comic or folk-style expression. Displayed flat against a surface and marked as item 10 in the exhibition Sculpture of Ganesh seated cross-legged in a calm, meditative posture on a lotus pedestal. The deity holds ritual items in multiple hands and is adorned with a high headdress and ornate jewellery. The piece shows signs of wear and breakage but retains intricate carving details and symmetrical composition
June 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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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
The Theseus kylix tondo, with labours of Theseus A slab of the south frieze of the Temple of Athena Nike, with scenes from the Battle of Plataea A cabinet including various amphorae, kylixes, and other pots A caryatid from the Erechtheum
June 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Looking forward to trying this out! 😋
A book on a wooden table. The book is a hardback, with a sea-blue border and a picture of lemons, meatballs, and various other delicious foods, and a small glass of white wine in a small tumbler. There’s a sunshine shape on it that says simple sun kissed recipes, and white writing across the bottom right of the front cover saying The Greek Islands Cookbook. The author’s name at the top left in yellow says Carolina Doriti.
June 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Spent the afternoon cataloguing some old Greece and Rome volumes. And when I say old…
A yellow and scruffy copy of GREECE & ROME. It is from February 1932 and has a list of articles on the front: RAMBLES IN MAURETANIA CAESARIENSIS. II. By W. N. Weech ANCIENT COINS AND THE CLASSICS. By Harold Mattingly TERRA INCOGNITA. By Miss F. R. Bacon ON TEACHING THE HISTORY OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC. By Norman H Baines THE TROCHAIC TETRAMETER AND THE VERSUS POPULARIS IN LATIN. By W. B. Sedgwick SCHOOLBOYS ON THE WALL. ART, ARCHAEOLOGY, AND THE CLASSICS. II. By H. H. Symonds GREEK INSCRIPTIONS. By Marcus N. Tod . VERSIONS: By George Engleheart and J. U. Powell CORRESPONDENCE COMPETITION REVIEWS SHORT NOTICES AND BOOKS RECEIVED
June 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Quite fond of this, myself
A pint of beer next to a bottle with ALE CAESAR written on it, and lots of colourful pictures of busts of Roman emperors around the label
May 4, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Amazing effort by one of our Year 10s today for World Book Day!
March 6, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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At the cinema to see A Complete Unknown (the Bob Dylan movie with Timothy Chalamet). Great opportunity to bring out this cartoon.
A black and white cartoon of Bob Dylan brushing his teeth with an electric toothbrush. The toothbrush in the cup on the shelf is shouting JUDAS at him.
January 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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If you see this, post a pic from your device without explanation.
December 29, 2024 at 12:40 PM
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Difficult to emphasise quite the extent to which Chat GPT is totally incapable of working out cryptic crossword clues….
December 24, 2024 at 9:59 AM
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8 years ago I received this lovely card from a student of mine.
A paper card with a picture of the Pompeian banker Caecilius in a red Santa hat, writing. There’s a green Christmas tree in the background. The caption says 7 Caecilius est in tablīnō. In red at the top it says “Felicem Natalem Cristi Et Ani Beatum” [sic]
December 14, 2024 at 8:07 AM
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Here are the answers.
Across: Ecbatana, Sappho, Nubia, Xanthippe, Ablauts, Titular, Infernal, Samos, Heart, Zealotry, Younger, Present, Epictetus, Iulus, Sherds, Darkness. Down: Ennead, Babylonia, Traduce, Naxos, Achates, Papal, Oneirism, Anatolia, Nazareth, Marseille, Chryseis, Togated, Obelisk, Stasis, Urine, Pasha.
December 8, 2024 at 8:11 PM
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I made a Classical crossword.
Keener’s Classics Crossword Dec 2024: Across 1. Ancient Median capital, famed for its treasury and seven walls (8) 5. Lyricist of Lesbos who left us longing with fragments (6) 10. Region south of Egypt, rich in gold and history (5) 11. Socrates' wife whose name suggests "blond horse" (9) 12. Vowel shifts echoing through Indo-European roots (7) 13. Like Oedipus in his play, lending his name to the tragedy (8) 14. Relating to the underworld, like Hades' realm (8) 16. Island home to Hera's sanctuary and a Pythagorean thinker (5) 19. Centre of courage for Homer, or simply where you feel philotimia (5) 21. Fanaticism akin to Judas' revolutionary followers (8) 24. Epithet of Pliny, author of letters to an emperor (7) 26. A gift, or the tense in which one lives (7) 27. Stoic slave turned philosopher, teaching the art of endurance (9) 28. Ascanius by another name, son of Aeneas and founder of Alba Longa (5) 29. Broken pieces of pottery, voting fragments in ostracism (6) 30. Nyx's offspring or Hades' domain before the light (8) Down 1. The nine gods of Heliopolis, led by Atum (6) 2. Land of hanging gardens & Hammurabi's code (9) 3. Defame or misrepresent: curated in chaos! (7) 4. Island where Theseus left Ariadne behind (5) 6. Loyal companion to Aeneas, epically faithful (7) 7. Like Gregory's decrees or Leo's bulls (5) 8. Dreamy state of mind, like Morpheus' realm, its name rooted in Greek (8) 9. Region bridging continents, cradle of Hittites and later Byzantium (8) 15. Hometown of a carpenter destined for greater works (8) 17. Mediterranean port city founded by Phocaeans, famed for mixing cultures (9) 18. Prize of Agamemnon, whose loss sparked a plague (8) 20. Clad like a Roman senator, formal in ancient attire (7) 22. Monumental needle pointing skyward, often decorated with hieroglyphs (7) 23. Athenian strife, or the stillness it ironically suggests (6) 25. What Vespasian famously taxed, declaring it did not stink (5) 26. Ottoman title of rank, as grand as it sounds (5)
December 6, 2024 at 2:32 PM
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…and Friday!
November 20, 2024 at 8:11 PM
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This is Dall E (Chat GPT)’s idea of what I am doing this week. 😂
November 20, 2024 at 8:11 PM
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This is excellent!
I’m holding up a little book written by David Briggs. It has a mosaic on the front, and the words DAVID BRIGGS THE ODYSSEY COMPLEX AND OTHER POEMS (SALT)
November 18, 2024 at 5:18 PM
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Gearing up for the new language with Year 7!
Egyptian hieroglyphs: Egyptian vulture, water, hand, mouth, quail chick, basket with handle, water.
November 3, 2024 at 4:17 PM
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Forty-one hours more, says I, and not a wink less. Onward I trudge, step by step, through winding words and wandering thoughts. The end? Ah, well. Time will tell. 📖 #OnWeGo
October 22, 2024 at 5:36 PM