Alpha, beta, omicron... These three words bring to mind whiffs of hydroalcoholic gel and the feel of a mask on the face. Indeed, the covid variants were named using Greek letters. Yet this alphabet ...

Andrew Robinson tells us the Etruscans were a “prehistoric civilisation that arose in western Italy – in what is now Tuscany and parts of Umbria” (30 May, p 24). In fact, the great Etruscan ...