A Prayer for the Farming Year In honour of Earth Day, I would like to share with you Virgil’s beautiful description of nature’s order...

Humans being fond of their animals is nothing new. We may think we are ‘kinder’ nowadays, and we do have a greater awareness of ‘Animal...

I came across an article the other day that queried the relevance of degrees in the modern job market. This annoyed me for two main...

This simple, but beautiful and very moving little pearl of wisdom comes from the character Tecmessa in Sophocles’ Ajax. Once a Trojan...

“42.” Yes, but what is the question? Fans of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (of which I am one) will smile at this reference to this...

“Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe...

‘Man is by nature a suspicious animal!’ I hope Aristotle would have forgiven my (mis)appropriation of his original statement (‘man is by...

Well, the Tea-Drinkers are obviously the English. Our famous stereotype as tea sippers and samplers even made it into Asterix, although...

"...you will come across misbehaving and spoiled children, elitist parents, smug self-centered rulers, obnoxious nobility, disgruntled...

‘Look upon our Discoveries ye Moderns and Despair!’ Chapter I – Herodotus and the Samians Herodotus furnishes the first entry in this...

‘Thinking is Difficult, that's why most people judge.’ Seeing this quotation from Karl Jung on LinkedIn a couple of days ago (the time...

Classical Thought for the Day Flicking through my LinkedIn posts as is my wont, I was intrigued by the following post:...

Work of the Week II - Sallust's Bellum Jugurthinum. Whilst it is true that Roman statesman were certainly not expected to account for...

I was going to open this new category of the blog with Ovid’s Fasti, his very charming and completely underrated waltz through the Roman...

Leaders should lead by example, namely, governments rule in the interests of their people and the values and that the people wish them to...

A few days ago, Dr. Cyril Thiaudière, archaeological expert in the jewellery and trinkets of the ancient Mediterranean, posted the...

Language - Humans' Most Powerful Weapon (for good or ill)! The pun in the title ‘Just Words’ is fully intended. The double meaning...

This trend in research on leadership was noted by Yusuf M. Sidani of the Olayan School of Business in his 2014 article in the Journal of...

"It's a blessing when you have a like-minded group to support you. One that gets the challenges you face, offers support and advice and...

Einstein and the ancients might initially seem like an odd juxtaposition, science legend Einstein and thinkers of the ancient world....