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Ancient accounts of Julius Caesar’s early life depict
Uncover the all-conquering Hun king whose nomadic horde terrorised Rome
“One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb,” goes the old proverb. The meaning is simple: if you are going to be punished for a small crime, you may as well commit the bigger one. In the early
Criss-crossing Europe in pursuit of pleasure, Casanova acquired almost as many passport stamps as he did notches on his bedpost, discovers Deborah Nicholls-Lee
What the West owes to the ancient world
Britain’s neglect of its maritime heritage has led to shuttered shipyards, ailing fishing fleets and impoverished coastal towns
In a John Behan bronze, collector Jacqueline O’Donovan, a child of the Irish diaspora, can sense the desperation of a starving people forced to flee their land