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I'd quite like to be in Caligula's court - living in the back room somewhere and just being able to observe.

~Mary Beard

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I used to think that the British press were particularly awful to Cherie Blair. I think Blair's foreign policy was a complete disaster, but the British press, when they wanted to explain why Blair took unexpected moves, they did create Cherie as the power behind the throne.

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What interests me is the idea that classics is actually quite democratic. It isn't only the toff, upper-class subject it's often thought to be. Every generation enjoys rediscovering it.

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You can't always worry about offending people.

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I have lots of heroes and heroines, mostly unsung and including my husband.

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I have always hated fancy dress parties.

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I was not much good as a waitress.

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I was nearly struck by lightning on an excavation in Turkey.

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Classics isn't about the ancient world. It's partly about the ancient world, but it's about our conversation. It's how we try to talk to antiquity.

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A lot of people will always say, 'I really know nothing about the ancient world.' But there's lots and lots of things people know. Partly, they've been encouraged to think they're ignorant about it. In some ways, the job to do is show people that they know much more than they'd like to admit.

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