Aram Bakshian Jr.

America Goes To The Polls

Aram Bakshian, Jr. takes a wry look at the recent American presidential elections.

Published January 30 2001

Soho's French Connection

The celebrations of a central London Protestant community

Published April 30 1993

Aram Bakshian tells the story of the peasant carpenter who became a brilliant guerrilla leader and national hero, and who struggled to wrest a free Armenia from Turkey and Russia in the aftermath of the First World War.

Published March 31 1993

Washington's Whitehall: The Old Executive Office Building

Aram Bakshian delves into the annexe of Presidents in Washington DC

Published December 1 1990

The Crescent and the Flag

Aram Bakshian on the historic tensions of Islam and secular nationalism

Published January 1 1990

Hyderabad: Shadow of Empire

Aram Bakshian Jr. and Geoffrey D. Schad look at the Indian state of Hyderabad from the 18th century to the last days of the British Raj, and at its rulers who echoed the glories of the Mughal court.

Published January 1 1989

'A Hangdog Whom I Dearly Love' - The Third Earl of Peterborough

Charles Mordaunt, Third Earl of Peterborough, 1658-1735, is probably best remembered as the captor of Barcelona in 1705. Aram Bakshian Jr. shows that, in addition to being a soldier, he was also 'a sailor, courtier, conspirator, diplomat, wit and rake'.

Published October 1 1981

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The Hudson's Bay Company was one of the central forces moulding the development of the vast tracts of land that today are Canada - but as Barry Gough explains here, the circumstances of its launch in 1670 also reveal much about the commercial forces, personalities and rivalries of Restoration England.