Rome
From Octavian To Augustus
Jochen Bleichen’s biography of the Emperor is monumental but highly readable
Cento Ground
The cento is a sophisticated and demanding poetic form — and best suited to schoolboyish ends
Overrated: Marcus Brutus
How much truth is there in the myth of the “noblest Roman”?
The Decline and Fall Industry
Could anxiety over the future of the West be behind the publication of so many books on the fall of the Roman Empire?
China has a strategy and Britain doesn’t
A roadmap to better relations requires realism. Beijing’s interests and goals are openly stated—if you know where to look
The plague
Standpoint goes to press as the pandemic rages. So too does the search for blame and the political fall-out
Defeat begets defeat for Britain’s cloth-eared Left
The censorious culture of the liberal Left is hostile to freedom of expression. The fate of the trans-rights movement evinces this pointless politics