Excerpted with permission from the publisher Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global,‎ Laura Spinney, published by ‎William Collins.

Almost 1800 years after Rome’s founding, the people we call Byzantines still thought of themselves as part of the same ...

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I’ve become aware lately of more and more people in the UK choosing to subscribe to myths rather than to religious doctrines, says writer Laurence Coupe.

On Tuesday, the Feast of St Jerome, I used the occasion to highlight what I see as one of the great hinges of Christian ...

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I’ve never been able to read fantasy novels. At a certain point, I always find myself confused by the imaginary beings ...