A £4m scheme to bring Latin into British state schools begins
A subject seen as being for “posh white boys” tries to extend its reach
Evelyn Waugh, a novelist, valued his classical education. Not because it enabled him to understand ancient languages: Waugh could remember no Greek, write no Latin and enjoyed reading neither. But it did enable him to excel in a more important exercise: spotting and judging those who knew less than he. Such people (“most Americans and most women”) betrayed their deprivation with sentences of “inexcusable vulgarity”. “I do not,” he wrote, “regret my superficial classical studies.”
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Latin lovers”
Britain October 8th 2022
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- Britain’s fiscal watchdog is caught up in a political storm
- A £4m scheme to bring Latin into British state schools begins
- British cities have far too little power, and it’s holding them back
- Liz Truss turns to accidental austerity
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