Fitton was born in Rochdale in 1953[2] and attended Bury Grammar School for Girls where she was friends with Victoria Wood.
[6] Fitton's current work includes the digitisation of the collection of Cypriot antiquities at the British Museum.
[9] Fitton has written a number of books to make her subject matter accessible to undergraduates and general readers.
[10] She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to museums and the arts.
It matters more for modern audiences to feel for Achilles in his progress from war machine to man, to sympathize with Hector in his efforts to defend all that was dear to him, and in the end to mourn for Priam and for Troy.