Penny Daniel

Likes books, dogs, ceramics, people - not necessarily in that order

[mary beard @wmarybeard]

Where should you go to see the best version of the lost statue of Athena from the Parthenon? Athens? London? No: Nashville! Listen here. https://t.co/6qTtKfm2oU

[mary beard @wmarybeard]

You'll be able to get the first episode of the Instant Classics pod (with me and Charlotte Higgins) on Thursday. There's trailer here: https://t.co/uC6b5tfgLY

[mary beard @wmarybeard]

I am hugely looking forward to coming to Australia to talk in November. See you then all friends there. Dates, times and details here:

[Serpent's Tail @serpentstail]

We are over the moon that #Eurotrash by Christian Kracht, translated by Daniel Bowles, has been longlisted for the #InternationalBooker2025!

Congratulations to Christian, Daniel, and all the longlisted authors and translators ✨

@TheBookerPrizes

[Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 @MichaelRosenYes]

Why not buy this book?

[Profile Books @ProfileBooks]

Read about #TheMeteorites by Helen Gordon in The Spectator – the fascinating story of fallen celestial objects and the lives they've touched ☄️

https://t.co/16506jGh3J @helenlpgordon

[mary beard @wmarybeard]

I am one of those who would be hesitant before labelling Musk’s gesture a “fascist” salute. But please, it has nothing to do with the (real) ancient Romans.

[mary beard @wmarybeard]

If you want to hear Martin Scorsese talk about Ancient Rome at the Met on Thursday, keep a lookout at the website ... it's possible that a few more places will be found https://t.co/ZW9AKTjgwN

[Tim Walker @ThatTimWalker]

I stand with @jessphillips. Do please reTWEET if you do, too. This is beyond party politics now. It’s about whether as a nation we still have self-respect. #IStandWithJess

[mary beard @wmarybeard]

I grew up in Shrewsbury, & used to do my cool shopping in Chester. Speaking in both places in the early autumn (tickets going fast, the prodigal returns!). Do come... there will partly be a local theme! https://t.co/dI9lE2FntE

[Bobby Seagull MBE @Bobby_Seagull]

Who are your favourite public intellectuals?
Stephen Fry & Mary Beard two of mine!

Congrats Sir Stephen on knighthood for work on mental health awareness and the environment. And happy LXX birthday Dame @wmarybeard who's probably done more than anyone in democratising access to the classics.

All three of us have been UK Libraries champions for @CILIPinfo due to our love for libraries. Use your libraries! Save our libraries!

Photo from @BritishMuseum trustees dinner.

#StephenFry #MaryBeard #Birthday #Libraries #Reading #Knowledge

[mary beard @wmarybeard]

In my bit of DC it's v quiet (rather like the post-Brexit moment). I reflected then that we who thought Brexit a big error had in part been architects of the misfortune. And I recorded this https://t.co/Zgijhj4VYl (relevant bit 1/2 way through). I think it's relevant to today.

[Profile Books @ProfileBooks]

Simon Kuper, author of the Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller #Chums, exposes how corruption took control of public life, and asks: how can we get politicians to behave like good chaps again?

Essential #GeneralElection reading, #GoodChaps is out now 🗳️ https://t.co/Sie6VjITOe

[Trumpton @Trump_ton]

I honestly can't believe that I need to recycle this post from 2017.

You'd have thought that 8 years of cartoons having a go at him would have done the job.

I have failed :(

[Profile Books @ProfileBooks]

The twelve thinkers featured in David Runciman's #TheHistoryOfIdeas, a mind-bending tour through 300 years of thought

💡 Publishing 4th July 💡

'One of our leading public intellectuals' Sunday Times

https://t.co/4Eny06HgVs

[mary beard @wmarybeard]

One with the home team here! I'm talking at Heffers, Cambridge (actually in the Union Sociey Chamber) on 2 July at 6.00 pm, to celebrate the paperback ed. of my emperor book. Do come and join the fun https://t.co/xDQykU2F7E

[Profile Books @ProfileBooks]

Orlando Whitfield's riveting art memoir, All That Glitters, is @BBCRadio4's Book of the Week.

Tune in to episode 1 here: https://t.co/zK6WSSp0pT

[Robert Loyko-Greer @RobertGreer90]

Orlando Whitfield's brilliant art world memoir 'All That Glitters: A Story of Friendship, Fraud and Fine Art' (@ProfileBooks) is currently BOOK OF THE WEEK on @BBCRadio4.

Listen to the first episode here:
https://t.co/wj6rYXFiIl

[Profile Books @ProfileBooks]

We regard gardens as our personal dominions, where we can create the worlds we desire. But they are also occupied by myriads of other organisms, all with their own lives to lead.

This conflict is at the heart Richard Mabey's #TheAccidentalGarden, out now

https://t.co/2lEBujf90r

[Profile Books @ProfileBooks]

Listen back to #AllThatGlittersAuthor Orlando Whitfield on @bbcworldservice as he discusses smoke and mirrors in the art world✨

https://t.co/dgrTskJrO8