January 31, 2010
Mary Beard would take the Elgin Marbles to her Desert Island
On the BBC’s Desert Island Discs this morning was renowned Cambridge classicist, Mary Beard.
Those who have listened to this program before, will know that as well as the music, the guest also gets to choose a book & an object to take to their desert island with them. The object that Mary Beard said that she’d take with her was the Elgin Marbles. I wonder if she’d have any more success in borrowing these sculptures than the Greeks have had…
Listen to the full programme here. The Elgin Marbles are mentioned about five minutes before the end of the programme.
- Mary Beard to lecture in Chicago : October 17, 2008
- Cuno interviewed by Andrew Marr : June 16, 2008
- Mary Beard’s “The Parthenon” : August 19, 2010
- The Big Questions – The Elgin Marbles : June 21, 2009
- Gordon Brown speaks on the Elgin Marbles : July 21, 2008
- Has Mary Beard changed her mind on the Marbles : July 12, 2008
- Mary Beard on the Elgin Marbles : February 6, 2007
- Mary Beard gives her views on the Elgin Marbles : January 6, 2010