mary beard

@wmarybeard

Classicist (thanks to George for the pic)

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Joined December 2010

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Robert Harris new novel Agrippa is out 27 Aug, reviewed here tinyurl.com/nzc3aepp If you want some background on Agrippa (like who the hell was he), we give it you this week on Instant Classis, and next week we interview Harris himself. Look/listen here youtube.com/watch?v=lwNfb-…
Agrippa by Robert Harris review – persuasive portrait of rivalry in ancient Rome
From theguardian.com
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Is it significant that in the Times/Waterstones bestseller list, Stephen Fry's Odyssey is in the Fiction, Rieu & Wilson's translations are in the Non-Fiction??
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Delighted that @theAliceRoberts is dipping into Religions of Rome that I wrote with John North & Simon Price. Not exactly a racy read but it's not doing bad after 30 years! Sadly North & Price have left us, but I'll take the compliment on their behalf
Alice Roberts: ‘By the time I’d finished Richard Dawkins I’d left faith behind’
From theguardian.com
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Looking forward to doing a show in Dublin on 15th Oct. "Secret histories of Rome" (including a couple of Roman cold cases, a view from the inside of a Pompeian bar... & decoding some Roman graffiti! tinyurl.com/22xfu4a8 (Then in Cardiff New Theatre on 19th)! See you there!
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Jo Quinn & I are still getting into gear for our "ancient myths" session at the Southbank Centre on 6 Sept. southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/ancie… We expose some of the lies of ancient history, AND some myths which turn out to be true! Come along!