The flame of Liberty still lives in the burning embers of censorship. By Gerardine Hoogland December 14, 2025 The gift of antiquity. Read More
CHAPTER FOUR: Cicero’s Changing Attitude to Caesar’s Dictatorship after Pharsalus, 47 - 43 BC By Gerardine Hoogland December 14, 2025 Guardian on the Watchtower: The Ides of March to the Death of Cicero and his Republic, 44- 43 BC. Read More
On the Defence of Freedom By Gerardine Hoogland December 14, 2025 The recent denunciation of free speech by New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, in order to protect the fragility of multiculturalism in Australia reminds me of what Cicero warned in 44 BC: Read More
When Fortune turns savage. By Gerardine Hoogland December 14, 2025 Twas the night before the election, and all through the land, not a voter was roused, as their nation seemed damned. Read More
Narrating History By Gerardine Hoogland December 14, 2025 It is not all Words and Pictures as the Arthurian Legend of Tristan shows us. Read More
A Ciceronian view on War By Gerardine Hoogland December 14, 2025 From a self-declared man of peace to one who could no longer tolerate the enemy inside the gates. Read More
On Resilience By Gerardine Hoogland December 14, 2025 "Wise men bully misfortune and master it.” - Montaigne Read More
The party is over and only Rome can show us how it is done. By Gerardine Hoogland December 14, 2025 Honestly, the Australian Liberal Party are the gift that keeps on giving for a historian and writer such as me. Read More
