Roman emperors
Face value
Rising professors do well to be controversial if they wish to be invited to contribute to mainstream media. But the…
Symbols of eternity
On the banks of the River Thames in central London, an ancient Egyptian obelisk, known as Cleopatra’s Needle, reaches towards…
A Stoic among sadists
They lived in barrels, they camped on top of columns, or in caves: the lives of the sages are often…
