JOHN DAVIE, who taught at St Paul’s School and Trinity College, Oxford, wears his learning lightly in Greek to Us: The fascinating Ancient Greek that shapes our world (Bloomsbury, £14.99 (£13.50); 978-1-3994-2479-0). The…
We’re really getting into that winter thing up here. This Monday morning, sunrise was at 9:25 AM. The sun will set at 4:05 PM. But we’re less than a month now until the winter solstice, and that’s a day to celebrate,…
In 1979, Iran’s revolutionaries — an alliance of Marxists and Islamists — rose on promises of justice and equality. They pledged to give citizens free water, free electricity, and free housing. The slogans captured a nation’s…
Since last November's presidential election, we have witnessed a live definition of insanity. The idea is that if you continue to do something that has proven to be unsuccessful over and over, somehow you will get…
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