"Oscar Wilde, I pity you because you must be suffering more than we"

They are unimaginably distant figures whose reigns and lives still somehow revealed something about our own

Everything important takes effort and our lives are enriched when we take on challenges

It's time to reassess one of Greek mythology's most famous characters

We came with the right attitude, and the right kind of energy. But it’s hard to let go of the familiar

Change may be coming, albeit slowly and unevenly

I've written several novels about athletes—writing about winning and losing is the most difficult part

Extracts from Lesley Blanch, Geoff Dyer and Jonathan Meades

My liberal outrage is being weaponised. What have I become?

Painters can be acute readers of classical poetry