Is there not a certain irony in the fact that classics don Mary Beard, currently complaining loudly (and quite rightly) about the crude misogynist insults coming her way after her appearance on Question Time, is the same Mary Beard who, after 9/11, wrote that letter to the LRB about how the United States had it coming?
I hadn't read her 2001 LRB contribution before. Stunning.
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v23/n19/nine-eleven-writers/11-september
Posted by: Kellie | January 27, 2013 at 05:40 PM
Yes - and thanks for the link.
Posted by: Mick H | January 27, 2013 at 06:01 PM
You are one of the few to point this out.
There is no excuse for comments about someone's looks, but as to the rest what goes around comes around.
Another puzzling aspect of this affair is why someone who is an expert in ancient history feels she is qualified to pontificate about immigration in 2013. Then again, I suppose thats Oxbridge for you.
Posted by: NT | January 29, 2013 at 04:01 PM