“Do I need gloves for that?” – A Guide for the Indignant

  For those who, like I, live in the Stone Age and who watch BBC2's Civilisations (frequently spectacular; often frustrating; always thought-provoking) on the television rather than on iPlayer, last night's episode saw Mary Beard ruminate on the relationship between religion and art. In my attempt to shuffle, bleary eyed, out of my cave and into...