Books What the Ancient Greeks teach us The value of Athenian tragedy in an age of anxiety. By Emily Wilson
The Darkening Age: how Christians won the brutal culture war against Rome Catherine Nixey asks what caused this violence, pain and upheaval, when polytheism had apparently been working perfectly well for… By Emily Wilson
Slut-shaming Helen of Troy If we blame her for the Trojan War, what does it say about us? By Emily Wilson