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?
Greta’s very corporate children’s crusade
Behind the schoolgirl climate warrior lies a shadowy cabal of lobbyists, investors and energy companies seeking to profit from a green bonanza
The road to hell for the mentally incapacitated
The weasel words of disability rights may be well-intentioned, but they mask institutional cruelty and deprive caring parents of their say
Cry, the rapidly crumbling country
President Ramaphosa has won the election but his position is fragile: South Africa faces poverty, inequality and corruption almost entirely self-inflicted by the ruling ANC