Writing Worth Reading
Writing Worth Reading
Beautifully produced five-minute audio slideshow with commentary by Cambridge classics lecturer James Clackson. Whistlestop world tour through Mesopotamia, China, the Mayan civilisation of Mexico, ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome
Engaging, informative history of barbering through the ages. Your one-stop shop for tattoos, enemas, dental work and intimate surgery. Not forgetting twice-yearly bloodletting, hence the red and white striped poles
Thoroughly engaging reassessment of Egyptian ruler. "She knew how to build a fleet, suppress an insurrection, control a currency. A genuinely powerful woman, she nonetheless survives as a wanton temptress"
