2012
- New Courses - New Book
- New Talks
3
New Latin Starter Classes for 2012
Washburn
Heritage Centre - Thursdays 2-4pm
1st
March - 22nd March
(with
a separate but also introductory Latin Yesterday, Today and Forever
lecture
2-4pm
Thursday 9th February 2012)
Bookings:
Anne at the Centre 01943
880794 or centre@washburnvalley.org
Hampsthwaite
St.Thomas' Church Room - Mondays 7-9pm
22nd
February - 28th March
Bookings:
Gillian Hovell 01423
771290 or gillian@muddyarchaeologist.co.uk
Ripon
(Venue tbc) - Mondays 1.15 - 3.15pm
Autumn
Term from September 2012
To
register an interest / Bookings: Gillian
Hovell 01423 771290 or gillian@muddyarchaeologist.co.uk
Bookings
taken now for all courses
No
prior experience needed. From the Beginning. No tests.
Just fun and discovery.
Learn
to decode Latin phrases and mottoes etc, and discover how English is
full of echoes of Ancient Rome
It's
not just Latin - it's an afternoon or an evening out!
Click
here for a Course
outline
NB
carpe diem caveat
emptor
curriculum vitae PS
The slim, user-friendly glossy
guide to 'Roman Britain'
Publication
Date (Crimson Publishing) 1st March 2012
If
you or your publication or society would like to publish a review,
OR
If
you'd like to post a review on Amazon, OR
If
your publication would like to run a competition with a copy of Roman
Britain as a prize
just
let me 
or the publisher know, to
receive your free copy.
Unlike other heritage books, Crimson Publishing's pocket-sized guides are vibrant, fully up to date and accessible for today's modern audience. Brimming with full colour illustrations, timelines, fascinating facts, full-page profiles and 'Did you know?' trivia, these little gems are a must-have for anyone with an interest in British history
Book
now for
What have the Romans ever
done for Us? (Roman
Britain in a Nutshell)
a richly illustrated professional and lively talk to accompany
the book
-
the history of Roman Britain, the sites, and the way they changed our
lives -
In
connection with the book, look out for BBC History magazine in
March
and
my feature on the Roman Invasion ...
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NEXT
EVENTS (see Events for a longer list of
future events):
Thursday
9th February 2012 2-4pm Latin Yesterday,
Today and Forever
Washburn
Heritage Centre Bookings: Anne at the Centre
01943 880794 or email: centre@washburnvalley.org
Wednesday
15th February 2012 8.15pm A Muddy History of
Britain - a Local View
Soroptimists
International (Harrogate and District) at the White Hart Hotel,
Harrogate
My
thanks to my recent hosts:
Boroughbridge
History Society for hosting a Muddy History on a
chilly
winter's evening
and
Wharfedale Naturalists Society for their kind welcome at What's
In a Name (Latin flora and fauna names) on a foggy January
evening,
Read
the WNS' review of What's In A Name here
and
Bilton Historical Society for inviting me to talk on Roman
Britain and for making me so welcome.
And,
as ever, to everyone who comes along to the events. I hope you enjoy
them as much as I do!
Muddy Archaeologist
