Vesuvius
The endless fascination of volcanoes
Tamsin Mather is the latest highly articulate volcanologist to combine vivid personal experience with thoughtful scientific explanation
A death-haunted city
Naples, the tatterdemalion capital of the Italian south, is said to be awash with heroin. Chinese-run morphine refineries on its…
Crisis management
When a major crisis strikes in the modern world, the state and international bodies such as the IMF and World…
Why has British art had such a fascination with fire?
‘Playing God is indeed playing with fire,’ observed Ronald Dworkin. ‘But that is what we mortals have done since Prometheus,…
Noble cities of the dead
The first visitor to take a break on the Bay of Naples was Hercules. He had just defeated some rebellious…
