Roman Empire
Restless zeal of the insomniac emperor
There is something uncanny about the story of Justinian
The layers of ancient Rome
Emperors existed at the intersection of many seeming incompatibilities
The feud that felled the Roman Republic
The personal differences between Caesar and Cato mattered
A vivid chronicle of chroniclers
Richard Cohen’s history of histories is a gargantuan achievement
Wonders and warnings from the ancient world
A new history of Byzantium reveals the inner workings of a late antique empire
Frock right off
Dresses, dogs and dinner
Synaesthesia
Robert Thicknesse, Lucy Lethbridge, and Yehuda Shapiro return for a mind bending and spirit expanding episode of Critical Mash
Sexy simplicity
For February, try a palette cleanse
The Post Office scandal
Legislation to resolve the injustice is not as straightforward as it seems
And the band played on
Cash crisis in the arts — what’s new?
Who’s ready for the Equality Levy?
Birmingham’s bankruptcy is a portrait of Britain’s future
The right must learn from modern art
Marcel Duchamp’s rule-breaking provides real lessons for the right
Realism is not the same as self-pity
There is a limit to how much women can physically protect themselves from men
Beethoven: Nine symphonies+ (Decca)
This Beethoven gift set is not for Christmas. It is for life
Saving my own bacon
Only the particularly pig-headed will stick it out in the pork farming business
Take trade experts and their models with a bucket of salt
The negative impact of Brexit on trade, and the economy at large, is still being overstated
