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I would summarise my politics very simply as the maverick left and proud.

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My day job is working on Roman history and ancient Roman history.

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Greek myths, early Roman history, is configured around violence against women. And I think we need to get in there, get our hands dirty, face it, and see why and how it was.

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You have to do what you feel comfortable with.

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If you say to a group of women professors, 'Close your eyes and think of a professor,' what they will see is a guy. I will. And I'll stop myself and think, 'Hey, hang on, what am I doing here?'

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I don't think that we are completely dominated by what we have inherited from the past, but it is the case that as far back as you can go - just to Homer, but also to the literature of Rome, the literature of the Middle Ages and Renaissance - what you will find is that women's voices are not taken seriously.

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My mom was born before women had the vote in general elections in England.

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My fantasy is going into a men's loo. And listening to what they say.

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We are sold the idea of a refugee as a tiny child sitting crying, as a way of raising money, but elderly ladies and kids largely can't move. The demographic is mostly young men.

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You always regret upsetting people needlessly.

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