In Virgil's poem The Aeneid, a blond maiden named Lavinia whose father is the king of Italy marries the Trojan hero Aeneas. Virgil doesn't give Lavinia any lines, and he scarcely mentions her for the ...

Kyle Soller stars in this superb new play by Alice Birch, a darkly hilarious odyssey through two centuries of toxic British masculinity ...

"Marcus Gavius Apicius purchased me on a day hot enough to fry sausage on the market stones." So begins the tale of Thrasius, the fictional narrator of Feast of Sorrow. Released this week, the novel ...

Not gonna lie – Alice Birch’s fragmentary portrait of masculinity, studied over 150 years through the evolving form of the novel, is an effortful watch, but a rewarding one. It features superb ...

What’s instantly compelling is the sheer ambition of this dream-like family epic. And I mean epic. Across something like a century and more, Birch shows us what happens to the three sons of Henry ...

“Roman Architecture: A Visual Guide” is an illustrated introduction to the great buildings and engineering marvels of Rome and its empire. Published as a companion volume to Diana E. E. Kleiner’s ...

Considered one of the great works of world literature, the Book of Romans combines deep theology with a clear-cut path for mankind to obey the Gospel and seek salvation. Scholars say the Apostle Paul ...

So begins the tale of Thrasius, the fictional narrator of Feast of Sorrow. Released this week, the novel is based on the real life of ancient Roman noble Marcus Gavius Apicius, who is thought to have ...