Hanson: Welcome to medieval America

Edit The Mercury News 13 Oct 2016
Pessimists often compare today’s troubled America to a tottering late Rome or an insolvent and descending British Empire. But medieval Europe (roughly A.D. 500 to 1450) is the more apt comparison ... They were not unlike the medical and engineering schools at Harvard and Stanford ... Culturally or politically incorrect literature of the classical past, from Aristophanes to Petronius, was censored as either subversive or hurtful ...   ....

MEDIEVAL AMERICA Victor Davis Hanson column: Medieval America

Edit Richmond Times Dispatch 13 Oct 2016
Pessimists often compare today’s troubled America to a tottering late Rome or an insolvent and descending British Empire. But medieval Europe (roughly A.D. 500 to 1450) is the more apt comparison ... They were not unlike the medical and engineering schools at Harvard and Stanford ... Culturally or politically incorrect literature of the classical past, from Aristophanes to Petronius, was censored as either subversive or hurtful ... ....

Victor Davis Hanson: Living In Medieval America

Edit Investors Business Daily 13 Oct 2016
Pessimists often compare today's troubled America to a tottering late Rome or an insolvent and descending British Empire. But medieval Europe (roughly A.D. 500 to 1450) is the more apt comparison ... They were not unlike the medical and engineering schools at Harvard and Stanford ... Culturally or politically incorrect literature of the classical past, from Aristophanes to Petronius, was censored as either subversive or hurtful ...   ....

Frivolous impresses

Edit The Hindu 12 Oct 2016
Frivolous and Unforgettable You impressed when the horses were exercised here on Tuesday (Oct. 11). Inner sand. 800m. Volantis (Jethu) 52, 600/39. Moved freely. Silver Beauty (Suraj Narredu) 54, 600/40. Moved freely. Country’s Empress (Jaykumar) 52, 600/37. Moved well ... Easy ... Moved freely ... Easy ... 1,000m ... Sovereignsky (C.S.Jodha), Riposte (Joseph), Classicus (Bhawani), Petronius (Neeraj), Democrat (S.Kamble) and Loafer (V.Jodha) 1-13, 600/36.5....

Mind Of Madness shines

Edit The Hindu 28 Sep 2016
Mind Of Madness and Zander shone when the horses were exercised here on Wednesday (Sept. 28). Inner sand. 800m. Zander (S.S.Rathore) 49, 600/37.5. Moved attractively. Shivalik Shine (Suraj Narredu), Be Cautious (Neeraj) 51, 600/38. Former superior. American Aagatta (rb) 56.5, 600/43.5. Easy. English Lass (rb) 56, 600/42. Easy ... Hurricane Storm (app) 56, 600/42. Easy ... Moved freely ... Petronius (Suraj Narredu), Sahashrabaahu (Neeraj) 1-24.5, 600/42 ... 27 ... ....

The Senecans by Peter Stothard review – at the court of Margaret Thatcher

Edit The Guardian 22 Sep 2016
This stylish memoir from the former Times editor recalls the politics of the 1980s through the prism of ancient Rome ... The need to escape is another ... The pose of wry outsider at other people’s parties goes back beyond Hollinghurst to Seneca’s contemporary, Petronius, author of The Satyricon, whose hero offers droll commentary on the vulgar dinner-theatre of his host Trimalchio. Perhaps Petronius is the Senecans’ true Roman counterpart ... ....

St Leger 2016: Our full guide

Edit Sporting Life 09 Sep 2016
The Ladbrokes St Leger takes centre stage at Doncaster on Saturday as the likes of Idaho, Sword Fighter and Housesofparliament battle it out for glory in the world's oldest Classic ... Doncaster Schedule. All times BST  Click here for Sky Bet odds Results will appear here ... 14, Sky ... Archibald Hamilton - Paragon (1786), Spadille (1787), Young Flora (1788), Tartar (1792), Petronius (1808), Ashton (1809), William (1814) ... ....

St Leger 2016: Full meeting guide

Edit Sporting Life 08 Sep 2016
The Ladbrokes St Leger takes centre stage at Doncaster on Saturday as the likes of Idaho, Muntahaa, Sword Fighter and Housesofparliament battle it out for glory in the world's oldest Classic ... Doncaster Schedule. All times BST  Click here for Sky Bet odds Results will appear here ... Archibald Hamilton - Paragon (1786), Spadille (1787), Young Flora (1788), Tartar (1792), Petronius (1808), Ashton (1809), William (1814) ... ....

Lady In Red, Flamboyant Flame shine

Edit The Hindu 29 Aug 2016
Lady In Red and Flamboyant Flame caught the eye when the horses were exercised here on Monday (August 29) morning. Inner sand.. 800m. Rising Concert (C.Umesh) 53, 600/40 ... Sovereignsky (Ajinkya), Mount Mckinley (Daman), Petronius (Zervan), Talon (Zeeshan), Irises (Kavraj), Etihaad (Mosin), Jubilant (Trevor), Rising Brave (Shahrukh) and Bee Quirky (Merchant) 1-13, 600/37.5 ... Petronius who also came very well from behind was a notable runner....

Motherland, Whomakestherules and Frivolous catch the eye

Edit The Hindu 24 Aug 2016
Motherland, Whomakestherules and Frivolous caught the eye when the horses were exercised here on Wednesday (Aug. 24) morning. Inner sand.. 600m. Charming (S.S. Rathore) 40. Urged. Turf Dancer (T.S. Jodha) 39. Moved freely. Unico Corazon (T.S. Jodha), Hidden Soul (Zameer) 38.5. They finished level freely. English Lass (rb), El Wonder (rb) 39.5. They ended level ... Pair level. 800m ... Moved well ... Good ... Petronius (Yash Narredu), Aragon (Jethu) 53, 600/40 ... ....

Supreme Regime, Jordana and Lord Arazan catch the eye

Edit The Hindu 10 Aug 2016
Supreme Regime, Jordana and Lord Arazan caught the eye when the horses were exercised here on Wednesday (Aug.10) morning. Inner sand.. 600m. Glorious Angel (A.Gaikwad) 42. Easy. Sansa (Jaykumar), Quatro (Yash Narredu) 42. Pair level. Essence Of Love (rb) 37. Moved well. Saffire Song (Bhawani) 39. Moved freely. 800m. Arabelle (R.K. Mahesh) 1400/600m 55.5. Easy ... They moved level freely ... Petronius (Jethu), Terrific (R.K.Mahesh) 53.5, 600/39.5 ... Easy ... ....

Top 10 books writers should read

Edit The Guardian 10 Aug 2016
From unforgiving French sociology to Machiavelli’s manual for realpolitik, the Booker prize-winning author DBC Pierre recommends books that helped him write ... I didn’t read a lot before writing a novel, but I realise now that certain books helped set me up ... So the best grounding for a fiction writer must be one that explores human nature with gloves off ... we’re not going anywhere ... 1 ... 2 ... Related ... 3 ... 4 ... Twitter. 5 ... 6 ... Satyricon by Petronius Arbiter....

Stuart Kelly: Cervantes, the man who invented fiction

Edit Scotsman 27 Jun 2016
A celebratory study of Cervantes fails to prove its main premise, but it does show how the author set the world on the path to empathy, writes Stuart Kelly. The Man Who Invented Fiction by William Egginton . Bloomsbury, £25 ... Egginton mentions en passant Boccaccio and Rabelais; but one might have also cited Christine de Pizan and Marguerite of Navarre, or Apuleius and Petronius, or Achilles Tatius and Longus ... ....
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