The wisdom of the ancients: four ideas that changed the world

Barbara Rosenwein opens her new book with descriptions of the diverse ways her female friends and relatives have experienced old age – some declining into dementia, others enjoying healthy, independen

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’

Three accounts of modern liberalism

Reminiscences Joe Brainard I Remember 208pp. Daunt. ...

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

Heirs and Graces: A History of the Modern ...