Berfrois

Classics

Hemlock and TV

‘Too sexy for Cosmo’

‘In the underworld, Menippus learns that The Senate of the Dead – a kind of treasury for the afterlife – has decided on a brutal redistributive tax policy…’

‘Did Herodotus invent his story of forced sex among the women of Babylon? Gender researchers think so.’

‘Remembered more for her violent death, Hypatia was one of the last great thinkers of ancient Alexandria’

Thawing in time our perceptions of Pompeii, Roman Empire

‘Interpol 22019-1.7: The Head of the Hatra Apollo’ by Peter Spagnuolo
Poem: ‘Interpol 22019-1.7: The Head of the Hatra Apollo’ by Peter Spagnuolo
‘Snow White’ by Antonya Nelson
Short story: ‘Snow White’ by Antonya Nelson
The Grayest Generation
Photo essay: The Grayest Generation
Patrick Chappatte: The Power of Cartoons
Video: Patrick Chappatte: The Power of Cartoons
Bethany McLean reads from ‘All The Devils Are Here’
Podcast: Bethany McLean reads from ‘All The Devils Are Here’
‘A Week at the Airport’ by Alain De Botton
Book excerpt: ‘A Week at the Airport’ by Alain De Botton