The academic and presenter said she still respected those who help in disaster zones RICHARD POHLE/THE TIMESMary Beard, the classicist, prompted a backlash on Twitter with a tweet about the Oxfam scandal. She said: “Of course one can’t condone the (alleged) behaviour of Oxfam staff in Haiti. But I do wonder how hard it must be to sustain ‘civilised’ values in a disaster zone. In a response on Twitter, she said: “If you actually want to know, I am sitting here crying. I am really not the nasty colonialist you say I am.

Source: The Times February 19, 2018 00:02 UTC