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The origins of haggis are as mysterious as the Loch Ness Monster.
Michael Dunne reflects on past US presidential Inaugurals, and the words which still resonate.
The repression in China’s Xinjiang region has deep historical roots.
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If Covid-19 has taught us anything it is that the West – and that includes its historians – must expand its horizons.
Dissonant Horn
Ethiopia’s current crisis is rooted in a long history of regional and ethnic defiance towards the political centre.
Execution of the Tailor-King
The bodies of Jan Bockelson, and two other leaders of the Anabaptist sect, were hung outside the church of St Lambert on 22 January 1536.
The Crowd-Funded War
In the wake of the failure of the Spanish Armada, England sought retaliation by launching an invasion of its own. But how to finance such a venture?
In the Shadow of Angkor
The ruined temples of Cambodia’s medieval empire became symbols of a people who had forgotten their history. In reality, they demonstrate an inherent continuity.
To Frame a Painter
A society portraitist who emigrated to Britain from Hungary found himself embroiled in a drama of divided loyalties during the First World War.
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Volume 71 Issue 2 February 2021
In the February issue:
The Failure of the English Armada, Cambodia and Angkor Wat, Philip de László and Britain's ‘Spy Fever’, St Louis, John Keats, Pancakes, Ostriches.
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