Kirsty Robinson writes about popular culture and the way we live. She is the creator and writer of contemporary TV drama (currently with Warner Music UK and House Productions) and her debut novel Grass Stains (Vintage) is a better-late-than-never coming of age story set at a festival.
A journalist for over twenty years, Kirsty’s work has appeared in The Sunday Times, British Vogue, The Independent on Sunday, The Evening Standard and The Guardian. She began her career in the UK style press, editing London style magazine PiL before co-founding and editing D&AD winning Marmalade.
Mary Beard is one of the most original and best-known classicists working today. She is Professor of Classics at Newnham College, Cambridge, and the Classics editor of the TLS. She is a fellow of the British Academy and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her books include the Wolfson Prize-winning Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town (2008) and the best-selling SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome (2015). Her popular TLS blog has been collected in the books It’s a Don’s Life and All in a Don’s Day. Her latest book is Women & Power: A Manifesto (2017). Her work for Radio includes Front Row on BBC Radio 4, and her work for Television includes The Shock of the Nude (2020) for BBC/ Lion TV and Civilisations for BBC (2018).
