Volume 49 Issue 12 December 1999

Sugar magnate and art lover Henry Tate died on December 5th, 1899, aged 80.

The first president of the United States died on December 14th, 1799.

John Gardiner searches for the historical moment when our Victorian forebears went missing from the popular consciousness.

Today best known for its gambling industry, the rich cultural history of Europe’s last colonial toehold in China might be the key to its future.