Battle of marathon

Should ancient Athens serve modern progressive causes?

BETTANY HUGHES on bringing seven magnificent monuments to life

A poet who prospered despite Rome’s bloody civil wars

A cut-crystal bed, with associated mirrors and throne, sparkled at auction earlier this month, but no glamour could beat the prize that was the Union Flag flown by HMS Spartiate at the Battle of Trafalgar

Penny stepped out of the coach onto the harbourfront at the little port of Sami. The water gleamed in the morning sunshine and wisps of sea mist shrouded the distant island of Ithaca. Edward emerged.

In rude health: AstraZeneca, Britain’s biggest drugmaker, has “risen to the challenge” of US healthcare providers negotiating drug prices by posting “solid first-half sales growth”, says Derren Nathan