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Peter Jones
Health
The key to peace of mind? Repressing your feelings
Easier said than done, perhaps, as one thinker, Plutarch, acknowledged — but that’s life
By Peter Jones
Education
Why the ancients would have been baffled by obesity
A degree of corpulence was the sign of a rich, healthy and prosperous man. But obesity turned one into a figure of fun or ignominy
By Peter Jones
Health
The lessons of ancient Rome’s dangerous doctors
‘I died of a surfeit of doctors,’ read one Roman funerary inscription. But where did this surfeit come from?
By Peter Jones
Education
Why Putin should watch his back
How secure is Vladimir Putin?
By Peter Jones
Royals
How should King Charles handle Prince Harry?
Seneca would have seen King Charles’s reaction as an admirable act of mercy
By Peter Jones
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