Plutarch (Plut. Crass. 2.3-4) states that Marcus Crassus, one of the members of the ‘First Triumvirate’5, owed a good portion of his wealth to “fire and war”. In order to make the most out of the frequent destruction of houses by fire, Crassus bought over five hundred slaves, all of whom were architects and builders. He then proceeded to find homeowners whose houses had burnt down (or, in some cases, were still burning!) and negotiate the purchase of their property, after which he would reconstruct the buildings and sell them on at a price; the very literal sense of a real estate ‘fire sale’!

You’re a little sad person.

And defend the private propriety of the means of production

That doesn’t look like her body.

The torso used to be Dr Ruth.

Her head is on a pike in the chambers of horrors.

You raise an interesting point, but Norway isn’t in the EU, is it?

Another casual win for Ockham’s razor

televised military tribunals

Ripping a page from the playbook of the best 20th-century dictatorships

Monica Lewinsky wasn’t doing porn, though, she was being pressured into sex.

“Point on the gender neutral dolly where the woke hurt you”

Hi, Daryl