‘Dress rehearsal for catastrophe’: how Stoics are speaking to locked-down readers
Sales of works by ancient Roman Marcus Aurelius have seen a sharp uptick in recent months. Which makes calm sense
October 2016
Ancient Greeks 'may have inspired China's Terracotta Army'
Archaeologists say design of clay warriors suggests close contact between east and west 1,500 years before Marco Polo
September 2016
Phaedra(s) review – Isabelle Huppert flays audience in punishing triple bill
Stretching to well over three hours, three interpretations of the myth of Phaedra turn into a rugby ruck of postmodernism
June 2016
Women in crisis: what Medea and Phaedra teach us about mental illness
Ancient texts have a cosmic way of speaking to people in our time: for instance, a New York woman who killed her two children, and my mother, who killed herself
March 2015
Seneca, the fat-cat philosopher
One of the Roman super-rich, he railed against consumerism even as he accumulated more wealth. But then, aren’t we all hypocrites?
June 2009
Thyestes
Arcola, London Seneca's splatterfest has a rare outing in a production that gives the knife an extra turn, says Lyn Gardner
July 2008
Thyestes
Libby Penn's stylish production serves up a feast of bloodlust - just make sure you eat beforehand, writes Michael Billington
April 2006
Phaedra
Donmar, London
March 2005
Wisdom's folly
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
- Seneca, 3BC-AD65
