Arcadian days

Artist Clive Hicks-Jenkins, faced with the colossal challenge of illustrating both The Iliad and The Odyssey , eschewed grandstand views of monumental battles, looking instead for what he calls the little cracks in the paving stones

A poet for yesterday and today

I’ve always unnerved people when I weave – which, given that I spend most of my waking hours at a loom, means I’ve always unnerved people. Apparently it’s the way my eyes gleam, so shiny in my fervour

Should ancient Athens serve modern progressive causes?

Their mama often told of the legend that, one day, she hoped would work its magic

Professor Peter J Miller discusses which ancient sporting traditions have continued into our modern world and which have been lost to time