What was it like to be noveau riche in Pompeii?
Frescoes are always the lead story in reports of the latest finds from Pompeii, but they are only a part…
Were the Greeks right about justice?
The Sentencing Council, consisting of various legal authorities, has told judges and magistrates to consider, when sentencing the young, their…
What would the Romans think of assisted suicide?
What a song and dance about the end of life! Historians assure us that, among human beings, there is a…
Ethics Man and Woman should win the game of politics
This year there will be an election, and all the talk is of strategies for winning power. But for the…
What we could learn from the classical courts
This year, in its annual Supreme Court moot trial of a famous ancient figure, the charity Classics for All charged…
