Volume 4 Issue 11 November 1954

Walter Bagehot

Banker, economist, editor and critic, Bagehot “was the antithesis of the grand Victorian man of letters.”

Golden Goa 1510-1954

For 444 years Goa has been ruled by the Portuguese; today their rule is challenged by the Republic of India. By C.R. Boxer.

The Banquet of Vows

In 1453 the Duke of Burgundy and his knights dramatically pledged themselves to crusade against the Turkhut with many face-saving qualifications. By Dorothy Margaret Stuart.

Honest Tom Wharton

John Carswell analyses some of the foremost political actors in the Glorious Revolution of 1688.