SOCRATES is a witty and endlessly fascinating new drama about a complicated man who changed how the world thought. This powerful new play by actor, director, and writer Tim Blake Nelson (O Brother, ...

HISTORY: The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good LifeBy Bettany Hughes Jonathan Cape, 544pp. £25 THERE CAN'T BE, from my point of view, too many books about Socrates, so I am not ...

IF THE most famous philosopher of all were alive today, he might find America remarkably similar to his own Athens of the fifth century BC. Socrates would witness a vibrant and proud democracy, and ...

José Socrates has become the first former prime minister of Portugal to appear before a judge. A photo of him in a police car on his way to face corruption questioning first thing on Monday morning ...

José Socrates has become the first former prime minister of Portugal to appear before a judge. A photo of him in a police car on his way to face corruption questioning first thing on Monday morning ...