Lucy Coats, author of one of the best children’s books on Greek myths, recommends her own favourites. There’s one for children, one for teenagers, one for scholars, one to read out loud and one that’s very definitely adult in content…

Cultural and philosophical changes that occurred in late antiquity are essential to our understanding of the world today, but few us know much about that period. Historian Robin Lane Fox recommends the best books to read to get a good sense of late antiquity.

Ancient history was a man’s world – but women were considered closer to the gods. The historian and TV presenter reveals the secrets of Athenian priestesses, Byzantine empresses and Stone Age fertility goddesses.