Neil McLeod: How ‘bread and circuses’ Olympics coverage distracts us from the reality of modern Britain

25/08/2016angelaWriter Neil McLeod says Britain ought to care about quality of life and poverty, not sporting medals THE Roman satirical poet Juvenal wrote in 100 AD that the largely disenfranchised populace of an empire in decline were kept passive and cared about nothing other than 'bread and circuses', with reference to the practices of providing […]