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Football Supporters?

Remember when Wayne Rooney lost control and swore into a live TV camera after scoring for Manchester United against West Ham at Upton Park? Perhaps not, but Rooney certainly would as he was banned ...

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Atlantis - the found Empire?

On a recent trip to Santorini, the Greek island in the southern Aegean, I couldn’t resist visiting the local ancient site of Akrotiri. My excitement and interest were particularly strong as it had ...

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The Forgotten City.

In the middle of the dry, Syrian desert lies the remains of a massive city called Palmyra. The city’s position was a natural meeting point for traders. People with goods such as exotic spices and ...

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Interviews

(Not Quite) Thoroughly Modern Martha.

The clock struck thirteen as I stormed the ominous portals under the battlements of the British...

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A chat with Ian Hislop, editor of Private Eye

In the midst of the apocalyptic storms that March had sent to whirl around the streets of London,...

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A Day in the Life of a Classicist

Classics is immensely transferable as a subject, and its students go on to almost every walk of...

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Travel

Great Cities of the Roman Empire - Tarragona, Spain

Welcome to Colonia Julia Urbs Triumphalis Tarraco. Better known to us today as Tarragona, it is...

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Samothrace - Moving to a remote Greek island

The 180 km squared Greek island of Samothrace in the North Aegean is dominated by the 1600 metre...

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Dougga By Day

Tunisia, a richly historical land at present under-going a (one hopes, short) period of political...

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Great Cities of the Roman Empire - Nîmes

Le Midi is the name the French have given to the beautiful, southern region of their country and if...

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When in Rome use the underground

It isn’t surprising that Rome’s Underground/Metro system is smaller than that of London’s - after...

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Bacchus in France

Philippa Williams searches for the god of wine in Aquitaine.

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