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King Charles’s appearance is a sign of his deepening bond with Kate

How heartening to see King Charles at St George’s Chapel, Windsor, on Easter Day. It is a hopeful sign that, although he didn’t look in peak...

01.04.2024 2

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Veni, vedi, non vici / Could I find love at the British Museum?

Mirabile dictu, as we Latin lovers like to say. In other words, wonderful news! Attractive women have fallen for ancient Rome – and for classicists....

28.03.2024 8

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The grim life of a Roman legionary

Harry Mount has narrated this article for you to listen to. Over the heather the wet wind blows, I’ve lice in my tunic and a cold in my nose. The...

01.02.2024 6

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Starmer is wrong to defend the National Trust

Keir Starmer is drawing up his battle-lines for the next election. First, he came for the public schools, pledging to whack VAT on school fees. Now...

22.01.2024 4

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The Elizabethan grandeur of Middle Temple Hall

It’s the most beautiful restaurant in London – and the oldest. Built in 1573, Middle Temple Hall is celebrating its 450th anniversary. It’s...

22.12.2023 10

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Paper trail / The joy of an archive

It’s amazing how quickly you become ancient history. Thirty years after I left Oxford, my old college, Magdalen – alma mater of Oscar Wilde,...

30.11.2023 3

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I've been reading my teenage doodles in my school books - they're a revelation

I recently moved house and got rid of dozens of school and university books, nearly 30 years after leaving Oxford. What a vandal I was! I’d...

21.10.2023 5

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Books / How the Aeneid was nearly destroyed

According to legend, Vergil declared of himself ‘Mantua me genuit, Calabri rapuere, tenet nunc Parthenope: cecini pascua, rura, duces.’ (‘Mantua...

07.10.2023 6

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Is it wrong to prefer the company of people who went to your school?

The world divides into two groups. Those who liked school and those who didn’t. Sir Nicholas Coleridge, the next Provost of Eton, is firmly in the...

07.10.2023 8

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Empire state of mind / Women are obsessed with the Romans, too

Infamy! Infamy! That was my response to the TikTok trend about ancient Rome. Women asked their partners how often they thought about the Roman Empire....

05.10.2023 4

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Why some men are obsessed with the Roman Empire

Why do men think about the Roman Empire so much? That’s the subject of a new social media trend, where women ask their partners how often they think...

16.09.2023 5

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