Sound and smell of a philosophy

The cut-throat politics of Syracuse informed Plato’s thinking

The past is always present. This is true for all of us, but it seems to be pressingly, possessingly true for the political philosopher Lea Ypi. She wrote about both her own and Albania’s past in Free,

This new book is a compelling read, worthy of attention, says our reviewer

A freewheeling Cavafy for modern times

BOHEMIANS A BLOOMSBURY INGÉNUE The lives ...

The most intriguing aspect of this book is that it’s written as a sort of ‘life in the day’ of the Colosseum, that vast edifice begun in Rome by the emperor Vespasian (AD 69–79) to entertain the masse