The Roman emperor Julian (332–363 CE) called bread the food that “among us is thought to be the most nourishing”. Bread and other cereal-based foods were indeed central to ancient Mediterranean diets. This was supplemented by pulses, oil, wine and whatever seasonal produce people could obtain. This»»»

Seneca and his stoicism have gained a lot of popularity in the past couple of years. What exactly is stoicism? It is a kind of detachment from and acceptance of the vicissitudes of life. Seneca was born in Rome, and he was a philosopher, author, and counselor who lived around 2000 years ago. He cam»»»

Romanticism was a late-18th century movement in Europe that emerged as a reaction to modernisation and industrialisation. It derided the notion that a rational disposition was far superior to the one shaped by emotions, ‘spiritualism’/mysticism and intuition. Even though Romanticism failed to stop »»»