Friday April 6 What does a moral life entail? How does one achieve it? AC Grayling looks at the classics of philosophy for the answers, and says that it is the striving for goodness and self-improvement itself that is the key to living well Continue reading… Thursday April 5 The author of The Architecture of Markets says it’s important to understand social aspects of economic behaviour, particularly when times of crisis reveal shortcomings of traditional economic theory Continue reading… Wednesday April 4 The author and critic tells us how Homer is still relevant, and says that to engage with the classics on their own terms means to play with and adapt them Continue reading… Tuesday April 3 The roots of our (generally) open attitude to sex lie not in the sixties but the 1760s, says the historian and author of The Origins of Sex, who explores this earlier sexual revolution through its literature Continue reading… Monday April 2 The author of a new book on the Dam Buster squadron tells us about works of fiction or memoir that show the horror of the Second World War in a human light and with fresh immediacy Continue reading… | 
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