THERE has been in the last year a great revival of interest in Horace, — if one can speak of reviving what has never died or even slept. When Augustus Cæsar, in the year 17 B. C., called the whole ...

Horace hardly seemed a candidate for survival in the harrowing history of the Roman republic turning into an empire. He was short and tubby (to use Peter Stothard’s word), son of a slave, and not much ...

Presented by Samira Ahmed. Featuring a review of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, re-evaluating the poetry of Horace, must-see Christmas TV and the economics of the gallery gift shop. Show more Star Wars ...

The Roman poet Horace once said that the exceptional writer was one who could wield ordinary words so skillfully that, in his hands, the ordinary was made new. But for the fact that Horace said it ...

Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Roman poet Horace, Christmas TVStar Wars: The Force Awakens, Roman poet Horace, Christmas TV ...