Mary Beard

RT @TheTLS: 'Oscar Wilde (another friend of Whistler, admittedly, and not a man to underplay his praise) called it “the finest thing in col…

If you are in DC, on Friday 25th 2-3, I am talking to Hugo Shakeshaft about his new book On Beauty and the Divine in Ancient Greece. Free, but registration needed. Details here https://t.co/RanUlk3eWt

RT @RaphaelCormack: Tickets now available on general release for my talk at @litandphil on 1st May. It will feature a brief (non-physical!)…

RT @SaveRedlandLibr: 7pm TODAY on @PBSAmerica Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit Ep 3 of 4 @wmarybeard takes a look at ide…

RT @timorahilly: It's National Librarian Day. Let's celebrate these guardians of the page working so hard to keep us nourished with stories…

History Extra at Kew. I am doing a double act with Tom Holland on 5 Sept. Great setting, eh? Do join us. Booking https://t.co/er0JbkLLBC https://t.co/mi6fmrVtSb

RT @wmarybeard: Oh yippee.. I am doing a Roman show in Richmond on Thames on Sunday 5 Oct (matinee, for the cool kids, and evening). Not ma…

I visited one of the most (the most?) beautiful museums I have ever see. But the beauty was also just a bit controlling @TheTLS See it here! https://t.co/QheAoIB2w6

RT @wmarybeard: If you are just a little bit curious about the occult, fakirs, hypnotists and mind-readers, and what on earth they were all…

Oh yippee.. I am doing a Roman show in Richmond on Thames on Sunday 5 Oct (matinee, for the cool kids, and evening). Not many ticket left, but still a few @FaneProductions Book here: https://t.co/6hbIgtrSwI

It suddenly struck me as I was thinking about royal heads on coins that I hadnt ever seen one of Charles III. Maybe because I have been in the USA. But then I dont actually see coins much any more https://t.co/AbkpcDyqN5

More Classics in @TheTLS this week. Emma Nicholson on Scipio and Hannibal. Mairead McAuley on gardens. Have a look!

RT @ForteanLondon: Thanks, @wmarybeard ! Tomorrow (15 April) at @ConwayHall and live-streamed everywhere @RaphaelCormack . Such are the wo…

RT @Repubblica1849: Carney on the Clash—I’m down

If you are just a little bit curious about the occult, fakirs, hypnotists and mind-readers, and what on earth they were all about, then Raph Cormack's talk (he's a relation!) is for you, 19.00 UK time Tuesday 15th... streamed everywhere! Book here: https://t.co/AdzHdylw6o

RT @TheTLS: 'It was hardly a coincidence that, only a few months after the first head of Caesar had appeared on the coins, the man himself…

I suspect I am not the only person to see a certain irony in the idea that the biggest investment in the UK is in a theme park?