Tom Holland
Articles by Tom Holland
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Ideas
Golden thread, national myth
- 18 December 2008
Those behind the new Labour revolution are beginning to realise that to discard our heritage is also to betray the origins of many of our liberties. The question is how to interpret the meanings of those liberties for modern political life
Religion
Uncomfortable origins
- 20 November 2008
- 10 comments
We have had a remarkable response to Tom Holland's essay of 13 October on the Christian roots of European secularism. Here the author responds
Ideas
Europe's first revolution
- 09 October 2008
- 6 comments
The west faces increasing tension with the Muslim world. To plot a course through this turbulent age, Europe must come to terms with what we owe to our Christian past
Arts & Culture
The Persian Renaissance
- 19 September 2005
A spectacular exhibition devoted to the glories of the ancient Persian empire has opened at the British Museum. It represents one of the great success stories of ancient history
Politics
What Bush can learn from the Romans
- 25 August 2003
A republic founded on high ideals of liberty becomes a great world power and then drifts into empire. Sounds familiar? It all happened 2,000 years ago
Books
Incomparable ruin
- 17 June 2002
The Parthenon
Mary Beard Profile Books, 209pp, £15
ISBN 186197292X
Arts & Culture
A sure fang
- 19 February 2001
The myths that fed the vampire tradition are all but exhausted. Yet in a world where the living are revived by the organs of the dead, the genre is bound to survive, argues Tom Holland
Books
Sex with sister
- 18 September 2000
Augusta Leigh: Byron's half-sister
Michael and Melissa Bakewell Chatto & Windus, 438pp, £25
ISBN 0185619754
Books
London crawling
- 28 February 2000
1700: Scenes from London Life
Maureen Waller Hodder & Stoughton, 350pp, £20
ISBN 0340739665
Politics
The web - Nothing will ever be the same again. Or will it?
- 22 November 1999
The nineties - The web's impact is supposed to be as great as that of the Industrial Revolution. But Tom Hollandis not yet convinced
