Julian Morgan

That's mostly right, though please allow me to add this, from my book of a few years back:

In position at the Malton Roman Festival.

I will be attending the Malton Roman Festival this weekend and will be delighted to meet anyone who comes to the stall in search of a puzzle book or a collection of sonnets. @romanarchaeouk.bsky.social

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The External Examiner's Report

This year's examinations are all done now and I am on my way home. My final set of orals took place in the European School of Karlsruhe, a place where I have spent very many happy hours.

Please feel free to email with your questions about the Imperium Latin Course. I am always keen to help and advise and I will certainly try to save you money if you are wanting to buy sets of books.

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Books 1 and 2 contain so-called Moral Messages in an attempt to keep things ticking along and also to introduce the backbone of Book 3, a collection of Martial’s poems. These are fun to read and have the great advantage of being short.

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Other Latin courses use long lists of vocabulary, so progress can be hard. Imperium Latin keeps its word count to a minimum, though it was compiled to include the complete GCSE vocabulary list current at the time. The course also has its own grammar book.

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External examiner report

English orals on Thursday and Friday this week in Munich. A much-enjoyed experience with thanks to all who took part. Special thanks to Thomas Hardy for writing Tess of the d'Urbervilles.

Each chapter of Imperium Latin has a section called sine qua non, which itemises clearly the things which are expected to be learned and known. As such, the course is very suitable for home learners and mature students.

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By the end of Book 1, Imperium Latin has introduced all cases in declensions 1 to 3 as well as all six person endings in the present tense of conjugations 1 to 4 and the verb to be. The book rattles by very quickly: one chapter per week is a realistic target.

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The Imperium Latin Course uses manipulation exercises in the early chapters and features Latin to English as well as Latin to English translations throughout.

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At this time of year I often post from places where I am working so here goes again.

The external examiner looks down onto the International School in Manosque after some philosophical exertions there earlier today.

Language is presented in very traditional ways in the Imperium Latin Course. All explanations have been kept as short as possible with the intention of keeping the course moving along quickly.

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Imperium Latin gives only very small amounts of lexical help on pages where exercises appear. Chapter 2 is the last occasion in the course where vocabulary is glossed next to the Latin. Animals such as cats, donkeys and horses make regular appearances in the course.

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Each chapter of Imperium Latin comes with a background section. Most of these follow the life of the emperor Hadrian, from his early childhood to his death at the end of Book 3.

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Even in Chapter 1 of Book 1, Imperium Latin demands learning which will stand its students in good stead later on. Nouns are learned with genitives and gender from Day 1 and verbs are learned with all principal parts.

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Here’s the first exercise from Chapter 1 of the Imperium Latin Course. The printed books are designed for writing in but you can also download free of charge a pdf with all of the exercises from all three books at this link.

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Time to learn Latin or thinking about teaching it next year? Imperium Latin can bring you a new challenge without spending any money at all. It’s a FREE Latin course, though there are plenty of resources you can buy to support things along the way.

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Agreed. Top stuff. Bill Bryson is very good too. They both helped me get started when I did WSP.

It's a great edition too!

Always a favourite place to sit.

The only object in northern England able to withstand the emperor Hadrian's building programme. (The rock, not the writer, obvs.)

The compiler's new socks, in the lead-up to Lupa's next Quick Cryptic crossword, due to appear in @thetimes.com on Saturday. @mickhodgkin.bsky.social

10/10

This is the final offering in my Easter 2025 giveaway, taken from Charles Dickens Puzzles. I hope you have enjoyed these pages but if you need solutions you'll have to buy the books, which are available online, at the Charles Dickens Museum and at the RSC.

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#Dickens

9/10

Happy Easter Monday and here's a page taken from my book William Shakespeare Puzzles:

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This one is at the more difficult end of things with a 5 Ass-head rating so it may take a while to solve. If you buy the book though, all the answers are in the back!

#Shakespeare

8/10

To help you digest your eggs this Easter, here is something from my book Charles Dickens Puzzles. Enjoy.

For details of the book, see: j-progs.com/CDP/CDP.html

#Dickens

7/10

Happy Easter one and all.

Here is a page taken from my book William Shakespeare Puzzles:

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Enjoy it over your eggs.

#Shakespeare

6/10

As part of the Easter giveaway series from my Dickens and Shakespeare puzzle books, here is a page taken from William Shakespeare Puzzles. For details, see link:

j-progs.com/WSP/WSP.html

#Shakespeare

5/10

To mark Easter 2025, I am posting a set of pages from my books Charles Dickens Puzzles and William Shakespeare Puzzles. Here is one you might enjoy from the greatest novelist in the English language.

For details of the book, see: j-progs.com/CDP/CDP.html

#Dickens

4/10

As part of an ongoing set of posts for Easter 2025, here is a page taken from my book Charles Dickens Puzzles. For details, see:

j-progs.com/CDP/CDP.html

If you choose to buy the book, please note that the solutions are all given in the back.

#Dickens

3/10

Here's a Good Friday treat for lovers of the Bard. Details of the book can be found here:

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It was a labour of love writing this collection and I hope some of you folks out there will love it too.

#Shakespeare