The life and legacy of confucius

The cut-throat politics of Syracuse informed Plato’s thinking

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In short, yes: the Victorians did indeed think eating mummified remains pilfered from ancient Egyptian tombs was a good idea, although they did not come up with the idea themselves. The morbid practic

How should noodles be eaten? Who ought to stand for whom? Far from being preserved in aspic, etiquette must evolve to suit modern life, argues William Hanson

An African perspective on Augustine of Hippo’s thought

Whether vestiges of paganism survived Europe’s Christianisation is a subject of enduring fascination. Scholarly debate navigates between the ‘maximalist’ position (much survived) and the ‘minimalist’