Animal Farm and Soviet Satire
George Orwell’s ‘fairy story’ on the USSR was politically inconvenient in 1945. Opinions on Animal Farm were soon revised, but its targets – and its author – are easily misunderstood.
Volume 55 Issue 8 August 2005
When Turks Civilized the World
Clive Foss looks at the way in which Kemal Atatürk rewrote history as part of his radical modernization of the Turkish nation.
Roman Britain: Ruling Britannia
Archaeologist Miles Russell describes recent discoveries which overturn accepted views about the Roman invasion of Britain.
The Hunting Year
Richard Almond deciphers the meaning of a set of illuminations illustrating an unusual Book of Hours made in Germany around the year 1500.
Publication of the Guinness Book of World Records
The Guinness Book of Records was first published on August 27th, 1955.