The Guardian (August 5, 2006) has an extract from Simon Blackburn’s recent book Plato’s Republic: A Biography, which can be found here. Needless to say, he doesn’t seem to be a big fan of the Plato (or Socrates) presented therein, and Plato is said to have ‘utterly betrayed his teacher’ in the dialogue.
Anyway, check it out if interested.
(Link via ALDaily.)