Is there an art to writing and reading history? Is a detached view of historical events desirable, or even possible? What does a conflict in the ancient Peloponnese (431-404 BC) have to teach us about history in an era of “fake news”? Thucydides has been called the “father of scientific history" for his strict standards of impartiality and evidence-gathering and analysis of cause and effect, without reference to intervention by the deities. Please join St. John’s College tutor David Appleby for this live and timely conversation on an ancient subject of the most immediate concern today.