Ancient History
Lost in translation
Attempting to understand the lives and thought of our ancestors can teach us about ourselves
Erich von Däniken and the modern paranoid style
His archeological esoterica fuelled the development of modern conspiracy theory
Reflections on the rubble of the ancients
An enthusiasm for ruins is far from universal
Uncork the demon
The demonisation of drink has overreached reason
Treading the path of enlightenment
The spiritual beauty of Plotinus and unity
The monumental cradles of democracy
Squeezed into a single large volume, readers can now find a remarkable account of the Greek city
Alcibiades
The Ancient Greek orator, philanderer, drunk, traitor and hero would have felt at home in modern politics
Restless zeal of the insomniac emperor
There is something uncanny about the story of Justinian
God is in the details even of secular history
The story of the Middle East cannot be explained without religion
The layers of ancient Rome
Emperors existed at the intersection of many seeming incompatibilities
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Piano pair strike just the right note
Serendipity has delivered a double bill for the ages this month
Two false dawns
Anger can furnish a movement with energy, but not with votes
The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General
Heart of darkness
Alexander Adams encounters an unflinching master of sex and death in Vienna
Britain’s mutilated constitution
We must restore the old to build the new
Badenoch in the bindweed
The Conservative Party leader might please no one by trying to please everyone
Saved from the flames
We should feel fortunate indeed to have the Aeneid
How to get Britain building
A new policy paper proves that the government can beat bureaucratic sclerosis if it wants to
Why Mali matters
Terrorism is spiralling out of control in West Africa
Paris cinema
There are no songs or movies about Paris in the winter