The Edithorial

  On July 10 I was in Nicosia and privileged to witness the first public performance of a production of Euripides’ Phoenician Women directed...

  One of Keir Starmer’s first statements as PM has been that he wants to reduce the number of people going to prison through renewed effort...

  ‘Face ghosts or they will have their way’ How the ancient Furies escaped from the pages of Edith Hall’s library to cast a shadow across he...

  Four years, an epidemic and a job change after a conference I co-convened with Dr Tom Mackenzie ( and blogged about ), on the Scottish lea...

  Green was everywhere. The elation was palpable. Half the people on the flight from Stansted were dressed as leprechauns and the other half...

  'You've got to be in it to win it' goes the adage cited by academics working overtime to submit lengthy applications to the ...

  I’m leading a project exploring the ubiquity of Aristotle outside the Academy. He has often been mobilised in progressive causes, but not...