Volume: 56 Issue: 9
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Robin Waterfield, author of a new book on the Greek soldier Xenophon, explains how he came to retrace the steps of the soldier’s famous journey to the Black Sea. |
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September 21st, 1756 |
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Ludmilla Jordanova looks at the ways in which scientists presented themselves and their activities to the public through art, and considers how this reflects on the... |
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Federico Guillermo Lorenz looks at Argentinian memories of the Second World War during and after the Malvinas-Falklands War of 1982. |
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The Mauretania was launched on September 20th, 1906. |
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Ruth Boreham outlines the history of the famous publishing dynasty whose archive has been preserved for the nation and is now accessible to all at the National... |
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The controversial decision to uncover the remains of the famous 18th-century castrato Farinelli in Bologna may or may not prove insightful for music historians... |
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As Battle of Britain Day approaches Brian James has been finding out why some of today’s leading military historians argue that it was not the RAF but the Royal... |
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Ian Mortimer remembers the English triumph at Poitiers in September 1356, and suggests that this victory was the dramatic culmination of Edward III’s visionary... |
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Anthony Grafton remembers Theodor Mommsen, the great German historian of the Roman republic and literary giant of his day. |
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Charles Freeman visits a city that has been defined by its waterways – and above all, by its bridge. |
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Christopher Tyerman, author of a new history of the crusading movement, explains why he believes the crusades were important in shaping the ideology and fiscal and... |
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Richard Cavendish examines the career of all-round sportsman Charles Burgess Fry who died September 7th, 1956. |
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Deirdre McCloskey describes how Europe after 1600 half escaped the ancient condemnation of economic life. |
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Cartoon historian Mark Bryant looks at the early work of Carl Giles for left-wing publications and traces the origins of his cartoon family. |
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Editor Peter Furtado explores the themes of this issue of the magazine. |
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The artist, scientist, botanist, anatomist, engineer, inventor and all-round genius Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) used paper in a unique way. |
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The beliefs of the man who painted some of the most famous Christian images are shrouded in mystery. Alex Keller coaxes Leonardo da Vinci’s thoughts out of some... |
