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Hi St Albans folk: Nardus Williams Elizabeth Kenny and I are performing women's music and voices in the cathedral on 8 July (Boudicca gets a look in!). Details here: tinyurl.com/vnu8fda4

i was drawn to think about what i wouldn't like to see in me obit (but then I never will)

I remember crying in a faculty meeting in Cambridge. Two thoughts. When I walked out (to disguise it) ,only one guy came out to find out if I was ok. I still remember, GH, thank you. The other is can’t we let people cry? Maybe it is the right reaction.

I have been reading some waspish, frank and sometimes hilarious obituaries! tinyurl.com/57ctwu8t The TLS

Next Tuesday evening, 8 July, come to St Albans Cathedral. Nardus Williams Elizabeth Kenny and I are performing womens voices (and women's rebellion) in music, song and speech. Tickets here: tinyurl.com/mwzusuzz

Hear from Professor Mary Beard about how to vote in the University of Cambridge's Chancellor Election. If you're a member of the Senate and have registered for online voting, you can do so from this Wednesday 9 July until Friday 18 July, using the link you'll receive via email

Tonight we welcome Dame Mary Beard to St Albans Cathedral for Monstrous Regiments — a powerful evening of ancient voices, music & myth. With soprano Nardus Williams & lutenist Elizabeth Kenny. 🎫 A few tickets left — don’t miss out: ow.ly/w41e50WmeLx #IOF2025 #MaryBeard

Friends in Brisbane. NB: we have just added a "matinee" (6.00 pm) of my Secret Histories on 6 November; later show is sold out. Details here:

You can watch my Friends of the Bodleian lecture on "Risky Encounters" -- about the dangers of fictional (and real) libraries online now: tinyurl.com/mjfsxk67 Why so many bodies in the library?

why are there so many bodies in the library? one answer here (but a gesture to the excitement of the book stacks and the things we did there: youtube.com/watch?v=5VAz94…

The older the library the heavier the books!

You know you're really getting on a bit, when you find yourself set in an exam to be translated into Latin! tinyurl.com/45m643uk

Too many bodies in the library, skeletons in the bookstacks. Starting from Inspector Morse (of course) I ask why there is so much crime in fictional libraries: tinyurl.com/mjfsxk67

I'm looking forward to coming to Bexhill on Sea on 26 October -- to talk about the Secret Histories of the Romans. Some hi-fibre fun I hope. Details here tinyurl.com/ybf7498e

Essential reading on what is happening in American libraries, by Richard Ovenden tinyurl.com/58kb7hzt

mary beard It’s not just the US, sadly. Please everyone support your local libraries! theijf.org/alberta-used-l…

I am looking forward to seeing the Bayeux Tapestry in the British Museum next year. But I coness I hadnt realised that there was a full sized Victorian embroidered replica in Reading (plus a whole history of copying) tinyurl.com/cp5rhkw7

I talked to Theo Jones #SoAatHome last week about a load of things, including how I write, where, with what little rituals. You can watch here vimeo.com/1101160745

mary beard British Museum I was lucky enough to see it in Bayeux in June. It's going to be taken down so a new, flatter display can be built. Gravity has taken its toll at the bottom of the tapestry. The British Museum is not a bad place to look after it. It will be interesting to see how it's displayed.

Is anyone else turning off the BBC Radio 4 Today (aka Trumpfest). I realise that there is an art to clever flattery. But this is more than I can take.