How life returned to the streets of pompeii

AFTER an early breakfast, several of the party had opted for a second cup of coffee on the terrace whilst waiting for the coach to arrive. It was another glorious morning in Italy, sunlight caressing

Long before the Romans came to dominate the ancient world – before Caesar crossed the Rubicon, Claudius invaded Britain and Vesuvius buried Pompeii – another civilisation dominated the Italian peninsu

Studying ancient worlds is now more relevant than ever — and state school children are missing out, says Bettany Hughes

TUESDAY 29 JULY

From dilapidated cottages to the site of a notorious nuclear disaster, what is behind the longing to seek out abandoned places, asks Katie Scott

A poet who prospered despite Rome’s bloody civil wars