From The Guardian April 16 09
A mouse called Minimus, who was created to encourage Latin lessons in primary schools, has chalked up 100,000 sales of a textbook describing his adventures on Hadrian's Wall. Pupils on the national Primary Latin Project will celebrate the milestone this week at Vindolanda, the wall fort where Minimus lives in the household of the commander, Flavius, his wife and children and a cat called Vibrissa (Latin for Whiskers). The book's author, Barbara Bell, said she was delighted that so many children had found out that "contrary to popular belief, Latin is an extremely useful subject".
Martin Wainwright
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