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As the wife of three successive political heavyweights, Fulvia attained a level of influence that few Roman women could have dreamed of. But, asks Danny Bird, is her legacy as a cruel opportunist (as well as someone willing to mutilate the severed enemy of a fallen enemy) entirely fair?

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RSL president Bernadine Evaristo highlights need to change to become an organisation for all writers rather than just the white and middle class

In 1999, England manager Hoddle gave an astonishing interview to a national newspaper that would cost him his job

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John M. Wisdom on Pulteney Bridge, Russia’s most famous icon & ancient Greek luxuries.

When in Rome…

The eighth emperor of Rome, Aulus Vitellius, is not what youd call a household name, and probably not even in his own household.

This lively history unveils the private lives of the Roman emperors — especially their obsession with food and sex, writes Dominic Sandbrook

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