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Classics
From Octavian To Augustus
Jochen Bleichen's biography of the Emperor is monumental but highly readable
Daisy Dunn
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Rome
Snakes In The Grass
‘Trigger warnings are not merely tools for censoring febrile material for the few, but a complaint about the dominance of Western thought'
Daisy Dunn
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The Pagan Problem In Western Thought
"By all means, let the wicked fry in Hell—but why should they find themselves frying alongside innocent and virtuous pagans?"
Noel Malcolm
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Cento Ground
The cento is a sophisticated and demanding poetic form — and best suited to schoolboyish ends
Saintsbury
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Wine
A Journey Back To The Golden Age Of Bronze
A remarkable Florentine exhibition has brought together many of the few surviving Hellenistic sculptures
Alasdair Palmer
Art
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Italy
Discover Aeschylus With Virginia Woolf
The writer’s notes on Greek tragedy are as stimulating as her novels — so she’ll be Daisy Dunn's guide at a feast of ancient drama in London this summer
Daisy Dunn
Classics
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An Odyssey To Athens
Moving to the city where democracy began
Violet Hudson
Classics
Counterpoints
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Double Trouble In Thebes
Two productions of Antigone show the elasticity of one of the most challenging plays in the canon
Anne McElvoy
Classics
Family
Theatre
The Case For The Classics
Three books offer fresh and enchanting views on the ancient past and how it can still live
Daisy Dunn
Books
Classics
History
Language
Literature
Carpe Vinum
Horace, the great poet of wine
Saintsbury
Classics
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Underrated: Abroad
The ravenous longing for the infinite possibilities of “otherwhere”
Stephen Bayley
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The king of cakes
"Yuletide revels were designed to see you through the dark days — and how dark they seem today"
Carolyn Hart
Food
A tripod in the sky
The view from above
Christian House
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