The Edithorial

Two ferocious ancient stories asking whether we should believe in gods are set within spitting distance of each other across the turbule...

A research week investigating Aristotle’s post-Renaissance cultural presence was intended to reveal dazzling paintings and treatises whi...

"Oi, I've invented earthquake-proof masonry!" The showdown between Athena and Poseidon for the post of Guardian God of A...

Having agreed months ago to attend my profession’s biggest annual convention, for the first time since 1993, I've spent most of this w...

Am I turning into a Luddite? My four daftest 2015 moments were all caused by modern inventions supposed to enhance 'progress'. ...

I gazed at the last Christmas Full Moon, in 1977, from the window of a Swiss hotel where I was becoming radicalised, working a 20-hour...

Tyson Fury: What's Not to Dislike? Which character in ancient Greek myth most resembles the British world heavyweight boxing champ...