@theoctopiehole Terry Deary & Martin Brown's Groovy Greeks and Rotten Romans, of course! I chose to study Class. Lit. And Civ. at AS level (despite no secondary school background in it) because the course was so broad and cool.
Marking, listening to slow Aphex Twin, birds cheeping, funny springtime evening light. There must be a word for the nostalgia you feel while something is still happening?