Volume 55 Issue 5 May 2005

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Mali’s History at Risk

Sarah Searight highlights the problem of pillaging for those trying to piece together Mali’s rich heritage.

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The Warsaw Pact

A mutual defence treaty between Communist states was signed on 14 May 1955.

The sufferings and death of King Henry VI compared with the sufferings of Job, 1786. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain.

The Battle of St Albans, 1455

The Battle of St Albans is now seen to mark the start of the Wars of the Roses. Was it the violent conclusion of one political crisis, rather than the beginning of another?

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The Making of a 'Terrorist'

Mihir Bose investigates the case of Subhas Chandra Bose in Bengal in 1924 to show what can happen when a government is able to lock people up on the suspicion of terrorism.