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Mary Beard

“It takes very little to see that the issues of Cicero and Catiline are replayed in Guantanamo Bay”

“It takes very little to see that the issues of Cicero and Catiline are replayed in Guantanamo Bay”

Mary Beard on Roman Jokes

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Mary Beard on Roman Jokes

There’s something paradoxical about debating the decline of the classics…

Thawing in time our perceptions of Pompeii, Roman Empire

Poem: ‘Bridge of Spies’ by Russell Bennetts and Rauan Klassnik
‘DEFINITION OF A THEME’, ‘AN EFFECT PRECISELY THE REVERSE’, ‘THE WINDMILLER..’ and ‘ITS HARDLY YOUR WORK’ by S Cearley
Poems: ‘DEFINITION OF A THEME’, ‘AN EFFECT PRECISELY THE REVERSE’, ‘THE WINDMILLER..’ and ‘ITS HARDLY YOUR WORK’ by S Cearley
‘The Kit-Bag’ by Algernon Blackwood
Short story: ‘The Kit-Bag’ by Algernon Blackwood
‘Having a Place’ by Hester Knibbe
Poem: ‘Having a Place’ by Hester Knibbe
Doors of Puducherry
Photo essay: Doors of Puducherry
Book excerpt: ‘The Lost Civilization of Suolucidir’ by Susan Daitch