Classical corner

An anonymous online statement about Fort reads thus: “While he didn’t specifically focus on horticulture, his work, particularly in books like The Book of the Damned often touched upon unusual natural

A poet who prospered despite Rome’s bloody civil wars

Should ancient Athens serve modern progressive causes?

FT has covered these a number of times, with one of the earliest and most disastrous examples taking place in Hammersmith in 1804 (see FT296:42-45, 310:30-35, 452:16-18). Then a semi-rural village on

Last time (FT460:28-35), we explored something of the historical background behind the idea of spontaneous human combustion and how the orthodoxy of forensics and fire experts has largely damned the p

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