Mary Beard: what is new BBC show Forbidden Art about, who is the classicist and why is she famous?

BBC documentary Forbidden Art will explore thought-provoking and sometimes controversial works of art

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Scholar Mary Beard to deliver lecture series on what we can learn from the classics

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Mary Beard's Forbidden Art - Media Centre

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Mary Beard: what is new BBC show Forbidden Art about, who is the classicist and why is she famous?

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