Articles By David Butterfield
December 2018 / January 2019
Against all the odds, the study of Classics is increasing in popularity — and for very good reasons
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September 2018
‘Like a strict dress code, or refined form of dance, the myriad rules of ancient versification prove to be liberating’
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February 2018
Although nature is not built for man, the pleasures it affords are instinctive and infinite. The beauty of the natural world transcends that of any urban space
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September 2017
Lucretius’s poem On the Nature of Things was written in 50 BC, yet remains as startling as ever
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October 2016
Squash is a diverse sport with global appeal, but hopes for its inclusion in the next Olympics have been dashed
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May 2016
Seventy years after Orwell’s “Politics and the English Language”, plain speaking now means avoiding not only jargon but pointless brevity
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October 2015
The internet bookselling market appears to be based on nothing more than whim
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About David Butterfield
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