From The Current Issue
 Keynes: The Dunkirk DiplomatBenn Steil argues that John Maynard Keynes had an astute grasp of Britain’s debt situation in 1944 and how it might recover from ‘financial Dunkirk’. Yet his arrogance and ineptitude in negotiating with the Americans at Bretton Woods cost Britain dear and has had repercussions to this day. |
 The Making of the British AtlanticThis year marks the 300th anniversary of the Treaty of Utrecht and the 250th anniversary of the Treaty of Paris. Both treaties reshaped the world and had profound consequences for the future of Britain and North America, as Jeremy Black explains. |
 Thinking Inside The BoxJonathan Conlin considers a 1990 article on the past, present and future of history broadcasting, whose pessimistic forecasts have not quite come to pass. |
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 Video: The Funeral of a SuffragetteThe funeral of Emily Wilding Davison, killed after she was struck by the King's horse at the Derby, was held on June 14th, 1913. |
Book Reviews
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A stylish, traditional take on the Enlightenment is unlikely to convert many one way or the other. |
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A rare, and successful, attempt to reconstruct the experiences and emotions of parenting in the past. |
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New contributions to the huge volume of 'Wildeana'. |
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June 2013
In this month's issue: The Edwardian Social Network - Sex in the Dutch East Indies - Conquering Everest - England's Sacred Beast - Keynes, The Dunkirk Diplomat
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