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...think that knowledge is more valuable than true opinion? This is one occasion on which Socrates breaks with his usual habits and offers an answer. Opinions, he says, are like the statues of Daedalus. Meno, understandably, asks what he means. You may have heard of Daedalus – a mythical inventor associated with the island of Crete. Perhaps the best-known story about him...

...thinking about the place of art in the Reformation. Since my PhD I have explored how Protestants used images and objects to express their faith and status. 3. What is it about your specialist area that fascinates you? I’m fascinated by how inanimate objects become so important to people, how we give them meaning and how they shape everyday lives. Early Modern period...

...think of ‘us’ and who you imagine as ‘them.’ Consider your participation in these groups. Did you choose to be part of them, or were you included by default? Have you ever moved from one group to another? What factors define belonging in these groups? Discussion You might have come up with a wide range of different examples of groups here. This might have included...

...system, and should still be seen as responsible for many of its evils. The impact of the Atlantic slave trade on the New World. Whatever the effect of slavery on Africa, there can be no doubt that the use of black slaves played a crucial part in the economic development of the New World, above all by making up for shortages of labour. Here, and in other places of European...