Steven Hunt

On 26 th  March 2026, Melania Trump, the First Lady, walked down some red carpet in the White House, accompanied by ‘Figure 3’, a humanoid robot built in the USA. Mrs Trump (right) was hosting a roundtable event at the inaugural Fostering the Future Together Global Coalition Summit (FFTGCS for short). The world and their robots were watching. Unlike lovable, gold-plated Star Wars character C-3PO, Figure 3 seemed (to me, at least) rather more sinister, with its smooth blank st

The three main UK Classical Organizations ( The Classical Association , Classics for All  and the Association for Latin Teaching ) have now published their letters in response to the announcement form Cambridge OCR examinations that it will discontinue the AS Latin and AS Classical Greek qualifications after last exams in June 2027. They hope to persuade the examinations board to change its mind. The letters, which were released on different social media platforms, are collat

At this time of the year, one always starts to think of targets for the period after Easter. How should one tighten up teaching practice with the PGCE student teachers? Here are some ideas that crop up every year. Resist teaching pupils how to form Latin verbs, nouns and adjectives for production when the lesson goal is reading and comprehension. 🎯 Use time spent describing Latin for practising reading  instead. Resist spending 80% of the time on grammar and only 20% on voc