Why Rome had no culture wars
The clash between Caesar and Cato offers lessons for today, but also reveals the gulf between modern and classical thought.
ByThe clash between Caesar and Cato offers lessons for today, but also reveals the gulf between modern and classical thought.
ByFifty years after the US president’s visit to Beijing heralded a new era of diplomacy, are divisions deepening again?
By31 March 1956: The nature of the PM’s role is a question that would require a pamphlet to answer.
ByThere’s something fascinating about leaders who’ve barely sat down before they’re moving on once again.
ByThe Anglo-Celt divide continues to shape the political fate of the British Isles – yet it is a historical mirage.
ByElizabeth II’s legacy and example will endure. But the certainty she provided has gone.
ByBy looting the artefacts, British colonial forces stripped them from the cultural context that gave them value.
ByThe destruction of country houses in the Irish revolution can be seen as the last stage of a long Land…
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