His books probed unilluminated corners of Roman history and upended commonly held accounts of well-known figures. For his seminal biography “Nero” (Harvard University Press, 2005), Champlin scoured ...

I came to Suetonius’s Lives of the Caesars as a schoolboy after watching I, Claudius, the BBC series based on Robert Graves’s ...

We are told that “his biography may be summed up in the words ... He even wrote the shameful document in which Nero defended the treacherous murder of his own mother. The moral achievement ...

Growing up, many of us hear about historical events that sound real, so we take them as fact. Yet, in … Continue reading ...

English folk horror Lost In The Garden is among the four winners of the 2024 Nero Book Awards, as its author Adam S Leslie takes home the fiction prize. The screenwriter, musician and songwriter ...

Irish author Colin Barrett is one of four authors who claimed a top prize in the Nero Book Awards, winning in the category of ‘debut fiction’ for his first novel. Four books have been chosen ...

Musicians are typically associated with melodies and a good beat, but an Oxford singer has picked up a national award for his writing skills when penning a novel. English folk horror Lost In ...

Click the FOLLOW button to be the first to know about this artist's upcoming lots, sold lots, exhibitions and articles Daryl Nero is a South African artist who was born in 1946. How much does a Daryl ...

The winners of the Nero Book Awards 2024 have been announced - and the Fiction novel crowned the favourite is a thrilling take on 'modern folklore horror' that our Books Editor was left hypnotised by.

Add the pasta and give it a good stir. Once the water has reached boiling point again, add the cavolo nero. Set your timer for just under the recommended cooking time on your packet of pasta ...

“[LA Mayor] Karen Bass, the Nero of American politics, was fiddling in Ghana while the city burned,” Maher said, dismissing Bass’ passing the blame to 14-year-lows in rainfalls and high ...

Charlemagne and The Sopranos, Trump and I, Claudius – all owe a debt to the imperial biographies of Suetonius.