The Writing on The Wall
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This week, Mary Beard is fascinated by an ancient graffito, and novelist Michael Hughes on the murder case that almost brought down the Irish government.
A Don's Life: https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/virgil-on-pots-and-walls-blog-post-mary-beard/
'A Thread of Violence: A Story of Truth, Invention and Murder', by Mark O'Connell
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
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