18-12-2021, 01:30 PM
(18-12-2021, 01:18 PM)Olive Wrote: Mary Beard is wonderful, I'm a huge admirer.  She deals with a monstrous amount of hostility with good grace and a few tears, and is an example to us all.
I've really only seen her on TV in programmes about ancient Rome & Romans, but have her book, Twelve Caesars on hold at the library.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)