Professor of Classics Education and Public Policy. Rhetoric, oracy & critical skills.
Durham and Cambridge
Joined November 2013
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Thank you to the @Classical_Assoc and all the wonderful colleagues in schools, charities, prisons, museums, subject associations and policy organisations with whom I have collaborated.
This is recognition of our #collective successes.
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@ProfArleneHH & 1 celebrated the launch of Aristotle beyond the Academy in the Cambridge Classics cast gallery last Friday! Thanks to Tim Whitmarsh, Nicholas Denyer & Frisbee Sheffield, as well as our co-authors @PDJSwallow, Rory McInnes-Gibbons and photographer @RickyPo
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Just finished superb recording of MindtheGap with Kat Howard @SaysMiss and @ProfArleneHH about their wonderful book Reviving Rhetoric. Brilliant stuff - and so interesting how rhetoric and oracy intersect. The books is free to download here: taylorfrancis.com/reader/dow…
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In all the excitement of the Bayeux Tapestry, there hasn't been much attention paid to the Latin stitched all over it! So Instant Classics fills the gap! Why is the Latin of the Tapestry so interesting? youtube.com/watch?v=-yjWKIOa…
And the awards ceremony is being hosted in #Newcastle! 😳🤷🏼♀️
How very disappointing that not a single institution in the North East of England has been shortlisted for the @PraxisAuril Knowledge Exchange UK awards.
The gulf of recognition widens…
ke.org.uk/award/ke-awards-20…
How very disappointing that not a single institution in the North East of England has been shortlisted for the @PraxisAuril Knowledge Exchange UK awards.
The gulf of recognition widens…
ke.org.uk/award/ke-awards-20…
I am thrilled to share the news that TWO new #Classics #Education projects at @durham_uni have been funded by philanthropic donors.
In 2026-2028 I’ll work with @jessbisc on #Greek in #schools and with @AlexImrie23 on #Classics #Education in #Scotland.
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Our Back to University sale is still going with 30% off books until 4th October!
🛒 Shop classical studies books: bit.ly/4zh3ovb
🛒 Shop archaeology books: bit.ly/3U0BpzS
Professor Arlene Holmes-Henderson MBE retweeted
I've spent this week in Manchester with @ProfArleneHH (left) training these wonderful prison educators to teach Aristotle's recipes for becoming the best and happiest version of yourself. So unbelievably rewarding. Thanks, Alice, Suzanne, Zoe, Caroline, Rebecca and Jilly!
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In 10 minutes I'm talking on BBC World Service about gods from the machine bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live/b…
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Interested in pursuing a #PhD in education? Check our Multilingual pedagogy and children’s picture books project and apply here 👇 uwl.ac.uk/course/research/ed… @UWL_Research
A real ‘pinch me’ moment, launching 3 of my 2026 books at a parliamentary reception in the House of Lords yesterday. I summarised 350,000 words in 6 minutes!
@wmarybeard @PDJSwallow @durham_uni @ahrcpress @BritishAcademy_ @Classical_Assoc @routledgebooks @LivUniPress
Thank you SO much for coming from NI for the event. Your chapter brings rich insights which are vital for the future of Humanities education in schools and communities. @stranbelfast
What a special day today with my colleague @Jill_Magennis at the book launch of Humanities Forward in which we had written a chapter entitled ‘Looking Back, Striving Forward’ examining how Forgiveness could be a powerful tool for peace building in Northern Ireland @stranbelfast
Professor Arlene Holmes-Henderson MBE retweeted
Delighted to have contributed to this brilliant book by @ProfArleneHH and so pleased to celebrate its official launch at the House of Lords today! Want to know why archaeologists and classicists make the best policy-makers? Read it for free here: routledge.com/Classics-and-P…
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Such a great point about an understanding of rhetoric being a form of literacy in its own right! Congratulations and thank you for publishing with us 🙌
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And so-
@ProfArleneHH and I make a case for this in our forthcoming book, Reviving Rhetoric Across the Curriculum: A Guide for Teachers and School Leaders with @routledgebooks.
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I'm very proud of what we have created, and hugely grateful to @Trivium21c and @MaryMyatt for their foreword and afterword.
You can find out more and pre-order here: routledge.com/Reviving-Rheto…
So sad to hear this news. I was introduced to Pat by @edithmayhall and enjoyed our lunches and car trips around Cambridgeshire. She was kind, generous and encouraging. I remember particularly fondly a conversation about her own (state) schooling in #Blackburn. Rest well, Pat.
Blog on my friend and mentor Professor Pat Easterling, who died this week edithorial.blogspot.com/2026…
Professor Arlene Holmes-Henderson MBE retweeted
A heatwave. Water shortages. Crop failures.
It sounds familiar, but this was England in the 13th century.
Dr Alex Brown of @durham_history & @IMEMSDurham explores what medieval extremes can teach us about today's climate challenges: 🔗➡️brnw.ch/21x4oPF
@ConversationUK
Q: What has made me deliriously happy on a sunny Friday afternoon?
A: Submitting my chapter manuscript to the #Deutscher #Altphilologenverband for its centenary festschrift:
'Securing and sustaining #policy support for #ancient #languages #education: perspectives from the UK’.
Professor Arlene Holmes-Henderson MBE retweeted
What do ginkgo trees and the humanities have in common?🍃🤔
The answer from @profarlenehh of @Durham_Classics is part of a theme running through her new book, Humanities Forward.
Arlene explains all below & read more here: ➡️ brnw.ch/21x4uqY
@ahrcpress @BritishAcademy_