Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old by Professor Mary Beard crossword 'To read this extraordinary book

'To read this extraordinary book is to gain a unique insight into the compelling nature of organized

egged on by his grandmother

We meet the Romani artist who chronicled her experiences of the Holocaust in Austria

now in their second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Slyly subverting ideas of poverty

Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old by Professor Mary Beard crossword 'To read this extraordinary bookFROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF EMPEROR OF ROME AND SPQR 'The rock star scholar of Ancient Rome' FINANCIAL TIMES 'The reigning Queen of Classics' SPECTATOR What's exciting about a piece of bread 4,000 years old? Or some pots of paint abandoned in the eruption at Pompeii? Why should we be bothered with the distant past anyway? What's the point? The life, art and literature of ancient Greece and Rome have something to offer everyone. They are not the