Tag Archives: Prof. Mary Beard

Waugh at Knossos

A quote from Waugh features in a portion of Prof. Mary Beard’s recent book Confronting the Classics that has been posted on the history website Erenow. In a chapter entitled “Builder of Ruins” describing the excavation and restoration of the ruins … Continue reading

Posted in Academia, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Labels | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Waugh at Knossos

Evelyn Waugh’s Parthenon

A website called erenow (describing itself as a “large online library”) has posted portions of Mary Beard’s book The Parthenon (2010, revised). In the “Further Reading” section of her book, Professor Beard recommends Evelyn Waugh’s early travel book Labels. This is … Continue reading

Posted in Academia, Labels | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Evelyn Waugh’s Parthenon