Xenophon

I’m taking inspiration from an ancient Athenian

2 November 2019 9:00 am

How sorry I felt for the poor man who died this week stuck up a 290ft chimney in Carlisle despite…

An Oxford treasure trove

28 May 2016 9:00 am

‘What distinguishes Cambridge from Oxford,’ wrote A.A. Milne in 1939, is that nobody who has been to Cambridge feels impelled…

Athenian general Xenophon

The glory that was Greece

11 July 2015 9:00 am

Financial crises are nothing new in Greece. Back in 354 BC, at a time when Frankfurt was still a swamp,…

Greeks vs Greens

14 March 2015 9:00 am

The Green party’s manifesto appears to make saving the planet only a small element in its otherwise painfully unoriginal agenda.…