Recent Parliamentary candidate for Clacton-on-Sea Count Binface joins Mary Beard and Charlotte Higgins to discuss democracy, The Odyssey, and Latin on the Instant Classics podcast. “In this Clacton byelection special, Count Binface takes a break from the campaign trail and zooms in from his spaceship to chat with […]
Legendary Classics scholar Mary Beard has a podcast! “Join world-renowned classicist Mary Beard and Guardian chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins for Instant Classics—the weekly podcast that proves ancient history is still relevant. Ancient stories, modern twists… and no degree in Classics required.” Watch on YouTube and listen here […]
Mary Beard writes about gender, speech, and the depiction of the sound of women’s voices from Homer’s time until now. “I want to start very near the beginning of the tradition of Western literature, and its first recorded example of a man telling a woman to ‘shut up’; […]
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