It's a Don's Life
'Britain's most outspoken classicist is hilarious, staggeringly knowledgeable and utterly brilliant' - Vogue'Delightful ... it has the virtues of brevity, eclecticism and learning worn lightly ... Beard is a very funny and penetrating commentator on academic life - and has a fantastic knack for controversy. If they'd had Mary Beard on their side back then, the Romans would still have their empire' - Daily Mail