The funeral of General William Booth
God's general was buried on August 29th, 1912.
Volume 62 Issue 8 August 2012
The discovery of Petra
The 'lost' city re-emerged on 22 August 1812.
In Pursuit of the Apocalypse
Christian apocalyptic literature and ecological predictions both anticipate the end of the world. Are they born of the same tradition, asks Jean-François Mouhot?
Alabama on the Mersey
David Waller on the 150th anniversary of a ship that symbolised Liverpool’s ties to the Confederate states during the American Civil War.