Tom Holland
Articles by tom holland
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Arts & Culture
The Persian Renaissance
- 19 September 2005
A spectacular exhibition devoted to the glories of the ancient Persian empire has opened at the British Museum. It represents one of the great success stories of ancient history
Politics
What Bush can learn from the Romans
- 25 August 2003
A republic founded on high ideals of liberty becomes a great world power and then drifts into empire. Sounds familiar? It all happened 2,000 years ago
Books
Incomparable ruin
- 17 June 2002
The Parthenon
Mary Beard Profile Books, 209pp, £15
ISBN 186197292X
Arts & Culture
A sure fang
- 19 February 2001
The myths that fed the vampire tradition are all but exhausted. Yet in a world where the living are revived by the organs of the dead, the genre is bound to survive, argues Tom Holland
Books
Sex with sister
- 18 September 2000
Augusta Leigh: Byron's half-sister
Michael and Melissa Bakewell Chatto & Windus, 438pp, £25
ISBN 0185619754
Books
London crawling
- 28 February 2000
1700: Scenes from London Life
Maureen Waller Hodder & Stoughton, 350pp, £20
ISBN 0340739665
Politics
The web - Nothing will ever be the same again. Or will it?
- 22 November 1999
The nineties - The web's impact is supposed to be as great as that of the Industrial Revolution. But Tom Hollandis not yet convinced
Arts & Culture
Beastly business
- 04 October 1999
We remain more fascinated by dinosaurs than by any living creatures. But why? Tom Holland looks for the meaning in dinomania
Books
Dream on
- 27 September 1999
The Faber Book of Utopias
John Carey (editor) Faber & Faber, 531pp, £20
ISBN 057119785X
Books
Driven by furies
- 07 June 1999
Byron: Child of Passion, Fool of Fame
Benita Eisler Hamish Hamilton, 835pp, £25
