One thing is clear: if we take ancient Greece out of the equation, the Ovid we read, celebrate, and admire today wouldn't ...

British writer Bernardine Evaristo has won the Women’s Prize Outstanding Contribution Award for her “transformative impact on ...

Ancient Greece, the cradle of Western civilization, was responsible for creating five of the seven wonders of the ancient ...

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? "Who will guard the guards themselves?" or "Who will watch the watchmen?" Asked Roman poet Juvenal.Replace guard with political ...

‘They say a poet can change your life,’ a woman tells me in a hotel lift. We’re in Durban, South Africa, where I’m appearing ...

Writer Bernardine Evaristo receives lifetime accolade for her ‘transformative impact’ - The British writer scooped the ...

Ancient Rome is often seen as synonymous with culinary excess. Images of exotic – even orgiastic – feasts perpetuate its reputation for strangeness and decadence. It may come as no surprise, therefore ...

There’s nothing new about our modern obsession with playing and watching sports – they were popular in ancient Greek and ...

Likewise, among the many Greek food writers, Archestratus, a 4th-century BC poet ... longer Roman tradition of relative temperance forced upon them by the harsh realities of the ancient world.

The social season is almost upon us, which means Ascot, Henley, Wimbledon and the rest. Or, as the Romans might have put it, ...