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Life as a Roman emperor
FromThe TLS Podcast
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Length:
57 minutes
Released:
Jul 22, 2020
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Description
What style of life did an ancient Roman emperor lead? How did he actually spend his time? Mary Beard fills us in; Frances Wilson on literary couples (and their pet names) and what they can, and can’t, tell us about marriage; Mika Ross-Southall on how gentrification works and who it works for The Emperor in the Roman World by Fergus MillarLiterary Couples and 20th-Century Life Writing: Narrative and intimacy by Janine UtellParallel Lives: Five Victorian marriages by Phyllis RoseNewcomers: Gentrification and its discontents by Matthew L. SchuermanUs Versus Them: Race, crime, and gentrification in Chicago neighborhoods by Jan DoeringThe Aesthetics of Neighborhood Change, edited by Lisa Berglund and Siobhan GregoryAlpha City: How London was captured by the super-rich, by Rowland Atkinson
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Released:
Jul 22, 2020
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Titles in the series (100)
Summer Books - Mary Beard on Augustus by John Williams: The Times Literary Supplement - an occasional series of readings. Mary Beard tells us why she's looking forward to Augustus by John Williams and reads an extract from the book. Find out more: www.the-tls.co.uk See acast.com/privac... by The TLS Podcast