Et Tu, Brute?There are so many Latin phrases in everyday use that often we use them without understanding the background and context within which they were actually used. Many of these phrases are humorous, but they are also a rich source of wisdom: the wisdom of the ancients. Each chapter of this book starts with a quotation and is lightly sprinkled with many more, with accompanying English translations. The background to each quotation is explained so that the

Clementine

The Lamplighters is the story of three men who vanish from a remote lighthouse

Louise Bonì

they must push against the constraints of their sex to carve new lives for themselves - and in doing so make waves that will ripple throughout the next three thousand years

and bamboozle your friends and family

But factories shut

is desperate to find his

Both informative and inspirational

mattress stuffing and string - according to local availability

A tale of rediscovery and a celebration of the everyday miracle of homemade bread

can his friends come to his rescue and recapture Toad Hall from a gang of sneaky stoats and wheedling weasels

Hannah Lowe taught for a decade in an inner-city London sixth form