Ancient and modern

How ancient Athens handled immigrants

7 November 2015 9:00 am

Among all the arguments about how many non-EU immigrants we should let in, campaigners are proposing a scheme for private…

How ancient Athens handled immigrants

5 November 2015 3:00 pm

Among all the arguments about how many non-EU immigrants we should let in, campaigners are proposing a scheme for private…

The emperors of Brussels

29 October 2015 3:00 pm

As both sides of the great EU debate line up their forces, it is worth reflecting on the implications of…

The fall of the Roman republic – and the rise of the EU

29 October 2015 9:00 am

As both sides of the great EU debate line up their forces, it is worth reflecting on the implications of…

Jeremy Corbyn and Pericles: spot the difference

24 October 2015 9:00 am

Whatever else one can say about Jeremy Corbyn, one thing is clear: he is a leader who does not believe…

Pericles vs Corbyn

22 October 2015 2:00 pm

Whatever else one can say about Jeremy Corbyn, one thing is clear: he is a leader who does not believe…

Socrates and Galen on the Great British Bake Off

17 October 2015 8:00 am

As the national girth expands by the second, Auntie, never backward about lecturing us on the topic, continues to glory…

Socrates and Galen on the Great British Bake Off

15 October 2015 2:00 pm

As the national girth expands by the second, Auntie, never backward about lecturing us on the topic, continues to glory…

John McDonnell’s true economic guru: the emperor Nero

10 October 2015 9:00 am

John McDonnell, shadow chancellor in the Corbynite splinter-group, has announced that £120 billion is waiting to be reclaimed from tax…

John McDonnell’s true economic guru: the emperor Nero

8 October 2015 2:00 pm

John McDonnell, shadow chancellor in the Corbynite splinter-group, has announced that £120 billion is waiting to be reclaimed from tax…

Why Cicero would have liked shadow health secretary Heidi Alexander

3 October 2015 8:00 am

Heidi Alexander, Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow health secretary, has emphasised how important it is ‘to weave into [Labour’s] language, our narrative…

Cicero on Labour taxes

1 October 2015 1:00 pm

Heidi Alexander, Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow health secretary, has emphasised how important it is ‘to weave into [Labour’s] language, our narrative…

What Tiberius could teach Jeremy Corbyn about democracy

26 September 2015 8:00 am

The virtuous Mr Corbyn is insisting that New Old Labour should return to its traditional republican ways and take decisions…

Corbyn’s democracy

24 September 2015 1:00 pm

The virtuous Mr Corbyn is insisting that New Old Labour should return to its traditional republican ways and take decisions…

The relative experience of Roman consuls and Corbyn

19 September 2015 8:00 am

One of the justifications of the House of Lords is that it embodies ‘collective experience’. That is not a quality…

The relative experience of consuls and Corbyn

17 September 2015 1:00 pm

One of the justifications of the House of Lords is that it embodies ‘collective experience’. That is not a quality…

How ancient Rome turned immigrants into citizens

12 September 2015 9:00 am

In the migration crisis, the EU is currently acting just like the ancients, as if border controls did not exist,…

Livy on immigration policy

10 September 2015 1:00 pm

In the migration crisis, the EU is currently acting just like the ancients, as if border controls did not exist,…

Jeremy Corbyn and what a real plebeian revolt looks like

5 September 2015 9:00 am

Last week, guru Corbyn was invited to reflect on the 2,500-year-old Roman origins of the republicanism to which he is…

Corbyn and the plebs

3 September 2015 1:00 pm

Last week, guru Corbyn was invited to reflect on the 2,500-year-old Roman origins of the republicanism to which he is…

How to tell if Jeremy Corbyn is a proper republican

29 August 2015 9:00 am

True to his antique, bearded ideology, guru Corbyn is a ‘republican’, a form of government invented 2,500 years ago. ‘Republic’…

Just how republican is Jeremy Corbyn?

27 August 2015 1:00 pm

True to his antique, bearded ideology, guru Corbyn is a ‘republican’, a form of government invented 2,500 years ago. ‘Republic’…

What Tacitus would have made of the Heath rumours

22 August 2015 9:00 am

The press and police have been condemned for the way they fall on mere rumour and plaster it across the…

Tacitus on Edward Heath

20 August 2015 1:00 pm

The press and police have been condemned for the way they fall on mere rumour and plaster it across the…

Tips for Boris from imperial Rome

15 August 2015 9:00 am

While the Labour party rakes over its past in an effort to find a policy for its future, the commentators…