Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics

In a tour de force solo performance, Natalie takes on Virgil's great poem in 28 minutes.. ... more

The overlooked Olympian who was the resolutely unmarried goddess of the hearth and home. I... more

The brilliant Roman love poet is the poster boy for teen angst. He feels everything intens... more

The Queen of the Olympian gods is swallowed whole by her father at birth and then marries ... more

Natalie is joined by Edith Hall and Nikita Gill to tell the stories of the Nine Earthly Mu... more

Natalie is joined by Professors Islam Issa and Edith Hall to tell the story of the great l... more

Natalie is joined by Professors Islam Issa and Edith Hall to tell the story of the ancient... more

No togas today please. Natalie celebrates the mid-winter festival of Ancient Rome, Saturna... more

Tacitus is the great historian of imperial Rome. His writing is beautiful, unsettling, ext... more

Aesop is probably the most famous author from antiquity, judging by the ongoing sales of h... more

Natalie stands up for the goddess Artemis. She's a predator, a hunter, an archer. Goddess ... more

The Greek goddess of love, sex, desire and beauty, Aphrodite is mostly depicted naked and/... more

Natalie stands up for the prize-winning Greek poet, cataloguer of gods and author of a fla... more

Natalie Haynes returns with a new series of sparkling stories from the ancient world which... more

Livia was the first Empress of Rome, a faithful wife, excellent friend and trusted advisor... more

Athene is charismatic and bloodthirsty, goddess of wisdom, war and...handicrafts. Owl-eyed... more

Natalie tells the powerful and painful story of Demeter's fight to get justice for her dau... more

Epigrams, jokes, highly-polished poems in praise of the Emperor. Oh, and absolute filth. T... more

Natalie retells Homer's epic story in an extraordinary tour-de-force performance recorded ... more

The poet Lucretius's major work is a six-book poem on epicurean philosophy and physics. Do... more

Uniquely in the ancient world, women from Sparta had extraordinary rights and freedom. Rel... more

It seems that classical scholars are wrong about the date of the volcanic eruption that de... more

Join Natalie Haynes and guests for half an hour of comedy and the Classics from the BBC Ra... more

"Rock star classicist" and reformed stand-up Natalie Haynes is obsessed with the ancient w... more

"Rock star classicist" and reformed stand-up Natalie Haynes is obsessed with the ancient w... more

"Rock star classicist" and reformed stand-up Natalie Haynes is obsessed with the ancient w... more