“There's plenty of firm evidence for ethnic diversity in Roman Britain.” — Mary Beard Quote

There's plenty of firm evidence for ethnic diversity in Roman Britain.

A lot of sexism is just very silly... and the best response is laughter and ridicule.

Nobody but an idiot would pretend that they had an error-proof way of choosing the 'best' out of hundreds of perfectly qualified applicants - not for university or for anything.

The thing about being a university teacher is that you're fairly tolerant about young people saying things they shouldn't have said.

We have never escaped a certain male cultural desire for women's silence.

The British system had requirements, including Latin. I'm not positive you ever had to know Greek, but there are certainly kinds of curricula where you had to know Greek too. I think in Britain there was the most mindless, repetitive sort of learning.

If a terrorist group wanted to hit Britain, all they'd have to do is kill 100 random celebrities. The country would have a nervous breakown.

I'm interested to see what happens with Fox News and phone hacking. I really can't believe it just happens in Great Britain. Because really, who cares about just hacking phones over there?

I think James Norton is going to be one of the biggest stars in Britain.