23 Jul 2026 - 1:01am

Why you don’t really get Homer The 21st century has crushed the human intellect

Thomas Peermohamed Lambert

14.05

Can China rescue the classics? Greek philosophy may be of ideological use

Bruce Clark

30.09

Inside the dangerous world of papyrus dealing Frauds have infested the artefact trade

Alexander Poots

27.07

The grizzly truth about the West We have forgotten the basic principles of civilisation

Jacob Howland

30.04

The barbarians are laughing at us Culture warriors are losing the battle for civilisation

Bruce Clark

23.10

Violence stalks Gaza through history Palestinians have been the collateral of so many empires

Justin Marozzi

23.03

George Osborne’s sordid Elgin plan The artefacts belong neither to Greece nor Britain

Yanis Varoufakis

11.01

How universities entered Cloud Cuckoo Land Aristophanes anticipated the cult capture of our institutions

Jacob Howland

09.10

How to survive our tragedy Covid has receded — but will pride and hubris doom humanity?

Terry Eagleton

23.07

The Olympics deserve better heroes Today's athletes have nothing on the ancients

Tom Holland

05.07

Women have always been ‘hysterical’ Their pain has never been taken seriously

Helen Carr

25.02

Don’t cancel the Classics The ancient world has become the latest battlefield in today's culture wars

Daisy Dunn