An inspiring & intimate self-portrait of the champion of equality that encompasses her brilliant tennis career, unwavering activism,
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Her central themes are the classics, universities & teaching
- & much else besides. In this second collection following on from the success of It's a Don's Life, Beard ponders whether Gaddafi's home is Roman or not, we share her 'terror of humiliation' as she enters 'hairdresser country' & follow her dilemma as she wanders through the quandary of illegible handwriting on examination papers & 'longing for the next dyslexic'
- on whose paper the answers are typed, not handwritten. Praise for It's a Don's Life' Delightful.. . it has the virtues of brevity, eclecticism & learning worn lightly.. . if they'd had Mary Beard on their side back then, the Romans would still have their empire' Daily Mail