Volume 51 Issue 12 December 2001

Scrooge and Albert

Christine Lalumia sees the 1840s as the key moment in the creation of the modern celebration of Christmas.

Down The Tube

Stephen Halliday investigates the murky world of financing the London Underground.

The C.I.A. Con-Trick

Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones explains the historical roots of the arguments surrounding the CIA following their failure to anticipate the attacks of September 11th.