Talking Classics - The Shock of the Old kids classics delving into memorable and fascinating

delving into memorable and fascinating lore and locations across all five editions of the game

impeccably researched and written by his son Brian

• How those insidious little jingles (called earworms) get stuck in our head

and the implications of the current backlash

Talking Classics - The Shock of the Old kids classics delving into memorable and fascinatingBy: Mary Beard Published by University of Chicago Press, 2026 05 20 The incomparable Mary Beard is back, and she's talking all things classics. Why the ongoing fascination with the ancient world? This witty, approachable book asks why for better or (sometimes) worse antiquity continues to exert such a powerful hold on the contemporary imagination. Recalling a formative childhood encounter with a four thousand year old piece of bread in a museum, Beard