Richard Ingrams

Ancients on oldies: tips on ageing from the Romans are all Greek to Richard Ingrams

Reviewing the Ancient Art of Growing Old by Tom Payne, Richard Ingrams remembers sweating blood at school translating the smug, self-satisfied Cicero

Copyright (c) Mary Evans Picture Library 2008 
issue 14 March 2015
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  • The Ancient Art of Growing Old

    Tom Payne

    Vintage Classics, pp. 176

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