mary beard
@wmarybeard
Classicist (thanks to George for the pic)
Professor Mary Beard helped celebrate 100 years of the Friends of the Bodleian by delivering their much anticipated Annual Lecture, on the theme 'Risky encounters: the library in fact and fiction'. Watch the full talk on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/watch?v=5VAz94….
I am enjoying the @bbcr4 programme about Socrates right now. But the philosopher's celebrity status is beginning to get me down. I agree that asking questions of the powerful is a dangerous game, but the idea that the Socratic method is what underlies what thinking is....?
I wonder who actually reads those books called something like "What's the point of the humanities". Not those intending to attack the humanities, that's for sure. tinyurl.com/bdhktcc2 @TheTLS
While this site seems determined to drive them away, here’s a reminder of just some of the good guys out there that I love and respect IRL: @theAliceRoberts @JANUSZCZAK @laurenlaverne @wmarybeard @bettanyhughes @arthistorynews @DeborahMeaden @AdamRutherford @MichaelRosenYes
Friends in Brisbane. We sold out one show with you ...so I am doing another on the same day.. hope you will come along. Should be fun. Details here brisbanepowerhouse.org/events/mary-be…
I am so looking forward to being in Newcastle on 20 Oct. Had a great time in Hexham a few weeks ago.. now Newcastle. 30 tickets left. See you there! Tickets here tinyurl.com/4234ekfh
I have a look at sex on the floor at Pompeii -- that is in the small erotic mosaic just returned to the site from Germany. The content is more interesting than many people have been saying: tinyurl.com/ht576y5b
In this week's @TheTLS Emma Greensmith reviews A Manguel, E Hall & E Hauser on things Homeric: the-tls.com/classics/greek…
Of course I’m not ok & of course deplore . But one tactic is to block it out by replying only to the simple question. Cancel by just cancelling. I shd know better than to try even tiny subtlety. But, as I said, enough for me. Maybe back in few days. Till then not even a peek.
Is anyone else turning off the @BBCr4today (aka Trumpfest). I realise that there is an art to clever flattery. But this is more than I can take.
I was lucky enough to see it in Bayeux in June. It's going to be taken down so a new, flatter display can be built. Gravity has taken its toll at the bottom of the tapestry. The British Museum is not a bad place to look after it. It will be interesting to see how it's displayed.
I talked to Theo Jones #SoAatHome last week about a load of things, including how I write, where, with what little rituals. You can watch here vimeo.com/1101160745
I am looking forward to seeing the Bayeux Tapestry in the @britishmuseum next year. But I coness I hadnt realised that there was a full sized Victorian embroidered replica in Reading (plus a whole history of copying) tinyurl.com/cp5rhkw7
It’s not just the US, sadly. Please everyone support your local libraries! theijf.org/alberta-used-l…
Essential reading on what is happening in American libraries, by Richard Ovenden tinyurl.com/58kb7hzt
I'm looking forward to coming to Bexhill on Sea on 26 October -- to talk about the Secret Histories of the Romans. Some hi-fibre fun I hope. Details here tinyurl.com/ybf7498e
Too many bodies in the library, skeletons in the bookstacks. Starting from Inspector Morse (of course) I ask why there is so much crime in fictional libraries: tinyurl.com/mjfsxk67
You know you're really getting on a bit, when you find yourself set in an exam to be translated into Latin! tinyurl.com/45m643uk
