Mary Beard
British classicist, professor emerita of Classics at the University of Cambridge, author of SPQR and Women & Power, and writer of the TLS column A Don's Life.
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Their wordswe were, for example, keen to talk about class and elitism in the 1990s, but there is next to nothing about classics and race
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Their wordsBut the basic rule is: if you come along to a live audience with a text ready for publication and you read it out, it will probably make for a lousy oral occasion; likewise, if you try to publish an oral presentation exactly as delivered, it will almost certainly make an unpersuasive text.
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Their wordsSo, it is hard not to be behind Lucy Powell’s recently expressed desire to promote speaking skills in schools, on a level with reading and writing.
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Their wordsFor a start, the word “oracy” (which has become the buzz term here) is ghastly in itself – reminiscent of some unpleasant dental treatment.
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Their wordsBut more than that, it looks all ready to be pared down from a range of complicated ideas about human persuasion to a curricular subject that can be summarized and, inevitably, graded and examined.
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Their wordsThere has been talk since the very start of the current US presidency about the echoes of ancient Rome in Mr Trump’s image, in his political and military operations and in his cultural interventions – from the cage-fighting gladiators on the White House lawn to the threats of land grabs and the triumphal arch. There has been less talk about the lessons he has not learned from Roman emperors.