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Mary Beard: the classicist with the common touch | Observer profile

Reported by guardian.co.uk on Saturday, 28 April 2012 (on April 28, 2012)
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Her current TV series on the Romans has occasioned unkind remarks about her appearance, when, in fact, we should be celebrating her erudition and ability to animate her subject

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