Coming to Gloucester Cathedral
on Saturday 14th May 2022
Latin for beginners
If you’re new to Latin (or forgotten it!) this is day of adventure, fun, discovery and insight. Click for more details and enrolment.
The Roman Circus, Colchester
on Sunday 22nd May 2022
Latin for beginners
Colchester (or Camulodunum) was an important port for Roman shipping and one of the first places in Britannia to be settled – notwithstanding that violent attack by the Iceni tribe under their queen Boudicca.
If you’re tempted to (re)discover the Latin language, come and spend a day on classical Latin. See how the language works, enjoy some ancient stories, learn more about ancient writers, hear their work read aloud, and take a look at Latin words at the root of English ones.
And included in this delightful Roman venue is your lunch! £70 for the day: 10am – 4pm. Click to book.
Cristina Anason-Lewis reads three of Catullus’ Lesbia poems – with a nod to his inspiration, Sappho.
Juno visits the underworld
Ovid Metamorphoses 4
Matthew Hargreaves reads Ovid’s description of the unwelcoming world below.
Latin in performance
George Sharpley on the spoken word in the ancient world.
The Song of Arms and a Man
It’s back! Put this in your diary! Our dramatic presentation of Virgil’s Aeneid, The Song of Arms and a Man, is coming to King’s College, London, on the evening of Saturday 3rd December 2022. Click for more.
Orpheus and Eurydice
Two versions of the same tale told here, one by the poet Ovid, read by Llewelyn Morgan (pictured), and the other from Virgil’s Georgics, read by Suzannah Lipscomb and George Sharpley
Hear four stories from Ovid’s Metamorphoses
recorded during a live performance on Zoom on 13th December 2021
read by
Ben Cartlidge, Matthew Hargreaves, Andy Keen, Emma Kirkby, Katie Marshall, Llewelyn Morgan and George Sharpley
Baucis and Philemon – Rembrandt
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