Rome

Hadrian on the Somerset floods

22 February 2014 9:00 am

Since the Somerset Levels are a flood plain, nature will flood it. Romans had no problems with that. Much of…

Marble portrait of Augustus, c.40 BC

In praise of the Emperor

15 February 2014 9:00 am

Roderick Conway Morris on the influence and legacy of Augustus

Beyond belief

23 November 2013 9:00 am

Women bishops, gay marriage, and the death of Tory Anglicanism

A brainy delight

26 October 2013 9:00 am

The Japanese are sometimes said to suffer from ‘outsider person shock’ (gaijin shokku) when travelling abroad. Recently in London we…

Long life

27 July 2013 9:00 am

The people of Rome have always liked to believe the worst of their bishop. When I was a correspondent in…