SCOUT· 46%45m·2026-11-09·HistoryBONUS Instant Classics live at the FT Weekend Festival
In September, Mary and Charlotte appeared at the FT Weekend Festival for a wide-ranging conversation covering Greek tragedy, Ukraine, the Bayeux Tapestry, tech bros and - inevitably - Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. Here - as a bonus - is a recording of that event, with our thanks to the FT Weekend Festival. Further…
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“Nolan's Odessy gets worse and worse, BUT Nolan's made a cool $£Billion and counting. Think of no. 45/47, who cares absolutely nothing, zero, nix, for anything at all except raking in $billion every day he's "world leader". God Money rules a…”
“Well, what a pleasurable & enlightening listen that was. I was smiling all the way through. Based on some things the two of you were saying, it strikes me as a good idea to give children at school when really young (5 or 6) 'tasters' of Lat…”
“I had the pleasure of seeing the clarifying and challenging effect of Classics in action again today. This time teaching my Year 10 class (14-15 years old) about the different marriage customs in Athens, Sparta and Rome. The girls in the cl…”
“Mary: yes, translations have an important place. No one has answered my obvious question regarding "polytropos". Academics seem to be oblivious, prejudiced, in a cylo. I'm trying not to use the word "stupid" but it's not easy. Re: the first…”
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