Boris Johnson lobbies Tories to add Latin to state-school curriculum

Boris Johnson, the mayor of London, said today he is lobbying Conservative colleagues to take "class out of the classics" and put Latin on the state-school curriculum.

Johnson, who has no mayoral remit or powers for under-16 education but is a passionate lover of Latin and Greek, is convening an event for headteachers at City Hall later today to press the case for the educational benefits of Latin.

The Guardian