Professor Edith Hall appears on BBC Radio 4's Things Ain't What They Used To Be

Edith Hall, Professor of Classics, appeared on the BBC Radio 4 programme Things Ain't What They Used To Be on 15 May 2012 commenting on the classical origins of 'declinism' - the idea that individuals and society are not as good as they used to be.  Professor Hall emphasised that declinism was already a powerful perspective in Ancient Greece, pointing to the work of Hesiod, and the also the persistence of the lapsarian myths - myths of the fall of man - across times and cultures.

To listen to the programme, see BBC Radio 4.