Quote of the day
It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.
Judith Herrin
Born: 1942 (age 83)
Bio: Judith Herrin is a British archaeologist and academic of Late Antiquity. She was Professor of Late Antique and Byzantine Studies and Constantine Leventis Senior Research Fellow at King's College London.
Known for:
- The formation of Christendom (1987)
- Women in Purple (2001)