Greek
Riffing on the poetic tradition
William Poulos says that in his wisdom and readability, Llewelyn Morgan serves his subject well
Bis interimitur qui suis armis perit
It’s not all Greek to Oxford classicists
Accidental Orientalism
Britain has been reduced to selling a cheap simulacrum of its history
Worthy instrument
York Bowen, Willam Walton: Viola concertos (SWR Music)
A wealth of glorious objects and images
A new book about the discovery of classical sculptures and frescoes is itself a real treasure
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
Take a bow
This season’s must-have neckwear is a sartorial two-fingered salute to life
Good, mostly clean, fun
The Boys from Syracuse, Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Splashing the cash
On the complex relationship between art and money
Neither beautiful, nor true
The new Fourth Plinth commission creates moral and artistic confusion
Bitter progress
How English towns developed post-war — not always for the better
Still knocking on the door
For all the promises, subpostmasters are still waiting for compensation
Gunther Fehlinger-Jahn, European
Where does shitposting end and statesmanship begin?
