Here are some items we’ve found interesting or timely this week!

• The British group “Brick to the Past” has created a massive diorama of Hadrian’s Wall using LEGO.
• Jason Slanga, who first proposed the Latin Reading Challenge, has a few thoughts about developing a reading habit.
• British classicist Mary Beard has a piece in the Wall Street Journal about Rome and Europe’s current migrant crisis.
• Speaking of Mary Beard, she’s about to have a new book out in November, entitled SPQR, which The Economist reviews.
• Finally, the Telegraph reports on Italy’s intention to dig for ancient Roman treasure, sought by the Nazis but never found.  Sounds like a new Indiana Jones movie to us!