Women and Politics in Democratic Athens
Susan Cole looks at how, though formally excluded from the political process, Athena's sisters nevertheless made their mark.
History Today
The Pleasures and Pains of Contemporary History
Paul Hennessy talks of his two unsound heroes in history in the inaugural lecture of the Longman-History Today awards
Scientific shortsighteness
Angela Morgan considers the effects of recent upheavals at the Science Museum.
Villainous Heroes
Heroes or villains? Stewart Russell looks at the Indian after-life of American Civil War generals.
Sir John Soane's Museum
Richard Cavendish explores a classical curiosity shop - The Sir John Soane Museum in London.
Distorted Mirrors
David Lowenthal considers how self-image affects nations' history-writing and identities.
The Athenian Democracy and its Slaves
Dimitris Kyratas looks at the ambiguities of treatment for those formally excluded from an 'all men are equal...' formula.
Romania's Rural Rescue Scheme
Ann Hills investigates Romania's rural rescue scheme.
The City and the Democratic Ideal
François Hartog on how urban living has coincided with the advocacy of popular rule from Plato through to Machiavelli, Rousseau and 20th-century sociologists.