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After some hard-fought victories, women’s rights are threatened again in many parts of the world. In the United States, the Supreme Court overturned women’s right to abortion in June 2022; women have also been leaving the workforce since the COVID-19 pandemic, in many cases to care for children and elderly…

There’s an entitlement around going grey that’s reserved just for men. It cuts to the heart of male privilege, reckons Oliver Keens, in a world where women who go grey are mostly scorned. Isn’t it time to re-evaluate the cliché of the wise, sophisticated and desirable grey-topped gent?

Classicist and academic who transformed our understanding of Roman imperial history

The outgoing Tory leader said: “Like Cincinnatus, I am returning to my plough”

Speaking in Downing Street for the final time as Prime Minister, Mr Johnson said: ‘Like Cincinnatus, I am returning to my plough.’

IN his final speech as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson hinted at a possible return when he alluded to a Roman politician.

‘I am returning to my plough and I will be offering this government nothing but the most fervent support,’ says outgoing prime minister as he makes way for Liz Truss

Departing PM references Cincinnatus, who turned to farming after leaving Rome – but then returned to power

Five full tuition fees bursaries are being offered to UK-based teachers and other education professionals in disadvantaged areas.