25 OCTOBER 2003, page 31

Ancient & Modern

Mr Blair has promised to 'listen to the people'. Would a Roman-style nibunus plebis. 'tribune of the plebs', help him to do so? The early years of the Roman republic......

Let's Return To His Infamous Speech Of Last Week In

which, you may be surprised to learn, he lamented the emergence of Muslim interpreters who discouraged the study of anything other than theology. 'They became more and more......