Here is a series of articles from 2013, from The Guardian website. (I have not read these yet but they look good).
The website says: "Emma Woolerton wrote her PhD on Lucretius at Cambridge, where she taught for several years. She now works in London."
Part 1:
Lucretius, part 1: a poem to explain the entire world around us | Emma Woolerton
Emma Woolerton: How to believe: The subject of Lucretius's six-book poem De Rerum Natura was not war, love, myth or history – it was atomic physics
www.theguardian.com
Part 2:
Lucretius, part 2: all things are made of atoms | Emma Woolerton
Emma Woolerton: How to believe: In Lucretius's universe, there are atoms and there is void – completely empty space. Nothing else can be said to exist
www.theguardian.com
Part 3:
Lucretius, part 3: chaos and order | Emma Woolerton
Emma Woolerton: How to believe: The atomic swerve is a simple idea that explains both the existence of the world and our ability to act freely within it
www.theguardian.com
Part 4:
Lucretius, part 4: things fall apart | Emma Woolerton
Emma Woolerton: How to believe: A life too long lived is a misery in itself. When the body dies, the soul disperses as it is mortal like the world around us
www.theguardian.com
Part 5:
Lucretius, part 5: all perceptions are true | Emma Woolerton
Emma Woolerton: How to believe: Everything we see is made up of the infinite atoms that swirl about us. These perceptions are the basis of our certain…
www.theguardian.com
Part 6:
Lucretius, part 6: not designed for life | Emma Woolerton
Emma Woolerton: The final two books of the poem end with a grim picture of plague and war. His challenge to the reader is to look at suffering and be grateful…
www.theguardian.com
Part 7:
Lucretius, part 7: becoming a god | Emma Woolerton
Emma Woolerton: Lucretius's Epicurean philosophy doesn't deny gods' existence, only that they affect us. Instead, we must aim to be as them
www.theguardian.com
Part 8:
Lucretius, part 8: teachers and pupils | Emma Woolerton
Emma Woolerton: How to believe: Lucretius's didactic poetry addresses a single person but cajoles his readers to heed his lesson, as he learned from Epicurus
www.theguardian.com
Part 9:
Lucretius, part 9: the calculating poet | Emma Woolerton
Emma Woolerton: How to believe: Why did Lucretius choose to write in poetry? The answer lies in his evangelism for both Epicureanism and his own legacy
www.theguardian.com
