{"product_id":"9781846682513","title":"It's a Don's Life by Professor Mary Beard","description":"Mary Beard's by now famous blog A Don's Life has been running on the TLS website  for nearly three years. In it she has made her name as a wickedly  subversive commentator on the world in which we live. Her central themes  are the classics, universities and teaching -- and much else besides.  What are academics for? Who was the first African Roman emperor? Looting  -- ancient and modern. Are modern exams easier? Keep lesbos for the  lesbians. Did St Valentine exist? What made the Romans laugh? That is  just a small taste of this selection (and some of the choicer responses)  which will inform, occasionally provoke and cannot fail to entertain.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56307805487477,"sku":"9781846682513","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781846682513.jpg?v=1762805348","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781846682513","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}