Peter Jones

Friends, Romans and Russians

29 April 2017 9:00 am

President Vladimir Putin, who still supports Bashar al-Assad in Syria, needs help if he wishes to be seen as a…

Cicero, the lagomaniac

22 April 2017 9:00 am

A year ago, the Danes reached into their groaning cracker barrel and pulled out ‘hygge’ as their own solution to…

Osborne and the Athenians

14 April 2017 11:00 pm

As a result of George Osborne taking up five jobs on top of his role as MP for Tatton, an…

Thucydides on McGuinness

1 April 2017 9:00 am

When Gerry Adams rose to announce at his funeral that Martin McGuinness was no terrorist but a ‘freedom fighter’, the…

Theresa May at the Rubicon

25 March 2017 9:00 am

Last week many commentators drew on the Ides (15th) of March, the anniversary of Julius Caesar’s death in 44 BC, to……

How to make the rich love tax

18 March 2017 9:00 am

Now that Philip Hammond is promising yet more tax hikes, he might consider how Athens managed it. During the whole…

Enemies of the people

11 March 2017 9:00 am

Hardly a week goes by without someone applauding Thomas Carlyle’s objection to democracy: ‘I do not believe in the collective…

Enemies of the people

9 March 2017 3:00 pm

Hardly a week goes by without someone applauding Thomas Carlyle’s objection to democracy: ‘I do not believe in the collective…

No mumbling allowed

4 March 2017 9:00 am

In the audience-free world of TV, where ‘acting’ and visuals have become of far greater importance than the actual words,…

No mumbling allowed

2 March 2017 3:00 pm

In the audience-free world of TV, where ‘acting’ and visuals have become of far greater importance than the actual words,…

All the President’s yes-men

23 February 2017 3:00 pm

Donald Trump takes it as read that any criticism of his words or actions is an assault on the truth.…

All the President’s yes-men

23 February 2017 3:00 pm

Donald Trump takes it as read that any criticism of his words or actions is an assault on the truth.…

From Tacitus to Justin Welby

18 February 2017 9:00 am

Many are still questioning the enthusiasm with which newspapers have implicated Archbishop Justin Welby, as a young man, in the…

From Tacitus to Justin Welby

16 February 2017 3:00 pm

Many are still questioning the enthusiasm with which newspapers have implicated Archbishop Justin Welby, as a young man, in the…

Socrates on expertise

11 February 2017 9:00 am

The governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, raises his growth forecasts and suddenly everyone believes the ‘expert’. So…

Socrates on expertise

9 February 2017 3:00 pm

The governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, raises his growth forecasts and suddenly everyone believes the ‘expert’. So…

Socrates on expertise

9 February 2017 3:00 pm

The governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, raises his growth forecasts and suddenly everyone believes the ‘expert’. So…

Nero’s tips for Trump

4 February 2017 9:00 am

A Washington Post interview with ‘senior officials’ in the Trump White House reveals that ‘Trump… feels demoralised that the public’s…

Nero’s tips for Trump

2 February 2017 3:00 pm

A Washington Post interview with ‘senior officials’ in the Trump White House reveals that ‘Trump… feels demoralised that the public’s…

Beyond words

28 January 2017 9:00 am

In his inaugural speech last week, the new President Trump said, among much else, the ‘American carnage’ of poverty, ignorance…

Beyond words

26 January 2017 3:00 pm

In his inaugural speech last week, the new President Trump said, among much else, the ‘American carnage’ of poverty, ignorance…

From Socrates to Osborne

7 January 2017 9:00 am

Ex-chancellor George Osborne is planning a book to be titled The Age of Unreason. He says that ‘it will be…

From Socrates to Osborne

5 January 2017 3:00 pm

Ex-chancellor George Osborne is planning a book to be titled The Age of Unreason. He says that ‘it will be…

Ovid’s post-truths

29 December 2016 3:00 pm

We are told we live in a ‘post-truth’ world. This appears to mean that everyone believes everything they are told…

Ovid’s post-truths

29 December 2016 3:00 pm

We are told we live in a ‘post-truth’ world. This appears to mean that everyone believes everything they are told…