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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #64

Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance.

Ballotpedia · Jun 7, 2023

Nice to teach you: Brucie can help boost children’s speech, says classics professor

Former teacher says learning classical rhetoric can help pupils become better communicators

The Guardian - UK · Jun 4, 2023

Do we need this take on Cleopatra?

Netflix's "Queen Cleopatra" has its moments but do we really need another take on this superstar of history?

Salon · May 11, 2023

2,000-year-old hoard of Roman coins may have been hidden by a soldier during a bloody civil war in Italy

The silver coins, mainly from the first century B.C., were unearthed in Tuscany in Italy and are hidden relics from a turbulent time in Roman history.

LiveScience · Apr 20, 2023

Shakespeare's First Folio turns 400: what would be lost without the collection? An expert speculates

It has been 400 years since the publication of the first collected edition of Shakespeare’s plays, a volume now known as the First Folio. Prepared by his fellow actors after his death, the book presented 36 plays divided into the genres of comedy, history and tragedy.

The Conversation · Apr 20, 2023

Ex Casualty villain to lead huge Netflix show alongside Hollywood star

A former Casualty star is set to take center stage in Queen Cleopatra...

WhatToWatch · Apr 13, 2023

Queen Cleopatra: release date, cast, plot, trailer, interview and all about Jada Pinkett Smith's docu-drama series

Queen Cleopatra on Netflix stars Casualty’s Adele James plus former EastEnders actors John Partridge and Michael Greco.

WhatToWatch · Apr 13, 2023

Julius Caesar review – timeless account of the flimsiness of power

Atri Banerjee’s RSC production stresses the remarkable universality of the play’s examination of leaders and the led

The Guardian - UK · Mar 29, 2023

No, your "Celtic" tattoo isn't Celtic

The real and complicated story of Ireland's past is a lot more interesting than Irish Americans make it out to be

Salon · Mar 17, 2023

‘I’m no white man in a toga’: Thalissa Teixeira on having a stab at Brutus

The actor, better known as a TV cop, is portraying Julius Caesar’s assassin in a first for the RSC. She reveals why she’s been studying revolutionaries, from Mexican Zapatistas to Welsh nationalists

The Guardian - UK · Mar 13, 2023