While we rightly admire the magnificent cultural achievements of ancient Greece and Rome, we should remember what made them possible.

Monday saw dozens of small traders’ vans converge on Parliament in protest against police inaction over the theft of tools from their vans. Four in five small traders are reported to have been victims of this crime, and the traders want police protection from it.

A leaked story reveal that the government is considering making Netflix and Disney+ users pay the licence fee to fund the BBC. It is allegedly one of the options under consideration as Labour looks at how it will fund the BBC when its charter ends in 2027.