Anatomy lessons

Should ancient Athens serve modern progressive causes?

The cloning of animals – pets, farm animals, racehorses – is today done routinely on an industrial scale. Bianca Bosker investigates

Efforts to prohibit abortion down the ages

It all used to be so simple. The story of how we – that is Homo sapiens, today’s humans – emerged from Africa and spread across what’s become Europe and Asia was a neat, straightforward narrative. It

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

A poet who prospered despite Rome’s bloody civil wars