Desert Island Discs - Mary Beard
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Kirsty Young's castaway is the Cambridge Professor of Classics, Mary Beard.
Kirsty Young's castaway is the classicist Mary Beard.
A professor at Cambridge, she's that rare thing: a university academic who writes for the masses. Her popular books, blog, articles and reviews have led to her being called 'Britain's best-known classicist'.
But while her research is steeped in the ancient world, her commentary is all about the here and now. The classical world speaks to us, she says, and makes us see our own world differently.
Record: It's All Over Now, Baby Blue - Bob Dylan Book: Treasures of the British Museum - Marjorie Caygill Luxury: The Elgin Marbles.
- Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 9:00AM Fri, 5 Feb 2010
- Available until 12:00AM Thu, 1 Jan 2099
- First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 11:15AM Sun, 31 Jan 2010
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- Duration 45 minutes
