I’ve thought that the Elgin Marbles should be returned to Greece ever since I first saw them at the British Museum.  The display at the museum is fine, but as soon as I saw them in three dimensions I knew it was wrong to keep them.  I can’t explain it logically or make any eloquent

There is a lot of coverage in the media today of the recent report that seems to make clear beyond all doubt that our pre-human ancestors were using fire around a million years ago in Africa.  This is an interesting enough thing to discover in itself, but it has added significance because there is a

  Julian has continued to fascinate people down the ages. He tends to be viewed favourably. In life he must have had a lot of charisma to do many of the things he did. He has left enough of his own writing and there are enough eye witness accounts that you can feel that you

Resting Place of Julian the Apostate (Thanks to Wikipedia) Julian was a scholar who had read widely and could write well.  His tastes were philosophical but the skills he had acquired in the pursuit of truth could be used for more worldly objectives.  So when he invaded Persia he studied the records of Trajan who

Some books are just so well written that it makes reading them almost like watching a film.  In Stalingrad Antony Beevor has produced such a book. You lose awareness that you have a book in your hand and you just picture what is going on in your head.   This is a book that is

The previous episodes in this three part series have told the story of how China came to be where it is today. This one tackles the question of where it is going next.