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Education

The Value of Latin Best Appreciated Sub Specie Aeternitatis  

BY SEAN WALSH Trigger warning: contains references to Catholicism.  No politician does casual spite quite like Bridget Phillipson. In a Seasonal message to the struggling but aspirational middle-class family she has decided to cancel the Latin Excellence Programme. This, you may know, is a provision introduced in 2022 to around 40 non-selective state schools. From February the resource will no longer be available to the … Continue reading The Value of Latin Best Appreciated Sub Specie Aeternitatis  

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In Defence of Classics

BY STEWART SLATER I am a member of an oppressed minority. Unlike other groups which claim that label, however, I have no legal protections to defend me from bigotry. No-one touts their “allyship” with me. Nor are there well-funded campaigns telling people to be nice to me. I just have to suck up my status as a second-class citizen, content to be openly mocked in … Continue reading In Defence of Classics

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