Mary Beard: Empress of Rome

Mary Beard, one of the world’s most famous classicists, talks to Jonty Claypole about bringing the past to life. As the author of over twenty books and numerous television documentaries, Beard has fought to keep the classics in the mainstream. Over her career, this has involved breaking the glass ceiling, reinvigorating public service broadcasting and embracing the power – as well as the perils – of social media. She tells (almost) all about the highs and lows of public intellectualism in the 21st century.

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Dame Mary Beard is Professor Emerita of Classics at Cambridge, and the classics editor of the TLS. She has worldwide academic acclaim. Her previous books include bestselling Wolfson Prize-winner Pompeii, Confronting the Classics, SPQR, Women & Power, Twelve Caesars and most recently Emperor of Rome. She has made numerous television series and her books have been published in over 30 languages.

Jonty Claypole MBE is a writer, documentary producer and arts administrator living and working on Gadigal land. He is CEO of Red Room Poetry and author of Words Fail Us: In Defence of Dysfluency. He worked for twenty years in media and the arts in the UK, produced and directed dozens of arts documentaries, before becoming Director of Arts at the BBC (2014-21).

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