Lives of the Ancients
Herodotus and the birth of enquiry
Before there were historians, there was Herodotus — a wandering Greek determined to discover why civilisations rise and fall
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
Saved from the flames
We should feel fortunate indeed to have the Aeneid
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Right-wingers must rediscover their principles
Internalising the logic of liberalism has made defeat inevitable
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project
The Islamists’ young recruits
Islamist networks are increasingly targeting children, and the British state refuses to acknowledge the problem
Metamorphoses at the Rijksmuseum
Metamorphoses at the
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Decolonisation dissected
This toxic and destructive ideology must be rejected
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away
Is this the end of art?
Cultural renewal cannot simply chase demand
The right does need religion
Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true
From Wigton to Wadham College
The Oxford Bragg describes is almost as much another world to us now as it was to him then
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again