{"product_id":"its-a-dons-life-9781846682513","title":"It's a Don's Life","description":"Mary Beard's by now famous blog A Don's Life has been running on the TLS website for nearly three years. In it she has made her name as a wickedly subversive commentator on the world in which we live. Her central themes are the classics, universities and teaching - and much else besides. What are academics for? Who was the first African Roman emperor? Looting - ancient and modern. Are modern exams easier? Keep lesbos for the lesbians. Did St Valentine exist? What made the Romans laugh? That is just a small taste of this selection (and some of the choicer responses) which will inform, occasionally provoke and cannot fail to entertain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMary Beard is a professor of classics at Newnham College, Cambridge, and the classics editor of the Times Literary Supplement (TLS). Her books include the acclaimed and best-selling Pompeii, The Roman Triumph and The Parthenon (in the Wonders of the World series of which she is general editor).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ips - Profile Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50433275101458,"sku":"9781846682513","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1a65c380-954d-485b-b295-d912d9ef71ea.jpg?v=1729565669","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/its-a-dons-life-9781846682513","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}