\u003cp\u003eMary Beard's by now famous blog \u003ci\u003eA Don's Life\u003c/i\u003e has been running on the \u003ci\u003eTLS \u003c/i\u003ewebsite 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat are academics for? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWho was the first African Roman emperor? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLooting -- ancient and modern. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAre modern exams easier? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKeep lesbos for the lesbians. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDid St Valentine exist? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat made the Romans laugh? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat is just a small taste of this selection (and some of the choicer responses) which will inform, occasionally provoke and cannot fail to entertain.\u003c/p\u003e
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