Freedom, Books, Flowers & The Moon

Mary Beard reflects on the peculiarities of Homer's best-loved, many-sided epic; Neel Mukherjee on the scandalous survival of the Indian caste system; following the recent party conferences, James O'Brien offers a wry overview of Britain's political messBooks: The Measure of Homer: The ancient reception of the Iliad and the Odyssey by Richard HunterAnts Among Elephants: An untouchable family and the making of modern India by Sujatha GidlaHow To Be Right ... in a World Gone Wrong by James O'Brien  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.