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On this day nearly 2,000 years ago a birthday party was held for Claudia Severa, the wife of a Roman officer. How do we know this? Because the party invitation sent to the wife of the camp commander at Vindolanda, a Roman fort near Hadrian’s Wall, survives to this day.

A University of Nottingham professor who pioneers the teaching of philosophy from the primary school classroom right up to post-doctoral level, has won a prestigious national teaching award. Professor Andrew Fisher from the University’s Department of Philosophy has been given a National Teaching Fellowship – the most coveted accolade for university teachers in the UK.

There is still chance to see Homage to the Bauhaus, a major Nottingham Lakeside Arts public exhibition, which runs until Sunday 2 June in the Djanogly Gallery.

Are increasing cinema ticket prices shutting many people out of the cinema? Gianluca Sergi, Associate Professor of Film Studies in the Faculty of Arts, writes for the Conversation