Volume 58 Issue 1 January 2008

The Fall of Calais

Richard Cavendish remembers how France took Calais, the last continental possession of England, on January 7th, 1558.

The Death of Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi was shot on 30 January 1948 by the Hindu fanatic Nathuram Godse. His death reverberated across the globe.

Canada’s Forgotten Founder

York Membery remembers John By, the brilliant British military engineer responsible for building the 175-year-old Rideau Canal.

Ethiopia’s New Millennium

A.S.H. Smyth witnesses the first Meskel Festival of Ethiopia’s Third Millennium, in the ancient capital of Gonder.