Little is known of Juvenal’s life beyond his satire. His name only appears once, in a poem written to him by his friend, Martial. It is believed that Juvenal was born to a prosperous family in ...

Yet you smile. Similarly, when you read a satirical novel, a poem, or if you look at a painting that lampoons your object of love, you feel bad about it. But they evoke chortles, too. A piece of ...

Clare and Colin begin their twelve-part series on satire with the big question ... David talks to Mark Ford and Seamus Perry, hosts of Political Poems, about what makes a great political poem. Can ...