Greece

James Barker describes the impact of an SOE mission in wartime Greece 70 years ago this month to demolish the Gorgopotamos railway bridge.

Roger Hudson sheds light on a haunting photograph from the Greek Civil War.

James Romm examines some intriguing new theories about a long-standing historical mystery.

The poor economic record of Greece goes back a very long way, says Matthew Lynn.

Michael Scott looks at how a time of crisis in the fourth century BC proved a dynamic moment of change for women in the Greek world.

Matthew Stewart traces the roots of the Greco-Turkish war of 1921-22, and the consequent refugee crisis, to the postwar settlements of 1919-20.

Jeri DeBrohun looks at the meanings expressed in the style of clothes and personal adornment adopted by men and women in the ancient world.

After three years, the conflict came to an end on October 16th, 1949.

Graham Shipley meets the dead in a Greek cemetery - an oasis of classicism in modern Athens.

'You are what you eat' was as relevant an observation for the ancients as for more modern thinkers, argues Helen King