Volume 27 Issue 5 May 1977

The Rise of Wessex

After the Romans left and the Anglo-Saxons arrived, the south-west of England became the predominant kingdom. William Seymour traces the growth of the Kingdom of Wessex from the early sixth century.

The Malayan Raj

A.J. Stockwell examines the life and work of the British in Malaya before independence was declared, in 1957.

Blockade Running from Nassau

From 1861-65, writes Richard Drysdale, during the American Civil War, Nassau in the Bahamas thrived on trade with the Confederacy.