Is the Labour leadership hopeful Owen Smith, who longs to reverse the obviously undemocratic outcome of the recent referendum, aware of the company he is keeping — artists, writers, pop singers and other riffraff? Plutarch would not have rated these know-alls as especially useful allies.
Plutarch (c. AD 100) mused on whether classical Athens gained its reputation more from its military or cultural achievements.
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