Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old Victoria Bateman Each entry is accompanied by

Each entry is accompanied by a work of art or botanical illustration

has expressed itself through the ages

Bierend uncovers a vanguard of mycologists: growers

Translated from Finnish by Mia Spangenberg

literature

Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old Victoria Bateman Each entry is accompanied byThe world's most acclaimed classicist on whether and why the Classics still matter FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF EMPEROR OF ROME AND SPQR'The rock star scholar of Ancient Rome' FINANCIAL TIMES 'The reigning Queen of Classics' SPECTATORWhat's exciting about a piece of bread 4,000 years old? Or some pots of paint abandoned in the eruption at Pompeii? Why should we be bothered with the distant past anyway? What's the point? The life, art and literature