Volume 66 Issue 11 November 2016

The Eleanor Crosses

Commemorating the overnight resting places of Eleanor's coffin, the 12 crosses were unveiled on 28 November 1291.

A Culture of Abuse

State policy, clerical abuse and the intellectually disabled in 1950s Ireland.

Scottish Castles: Towers of Power

The castles of Scotland are tangible evidence of the country’s evolution from violent feudalism towards a more settled and centralised nation state. David C. Weinczok explores a land of hill forts, towerhouses and châteaux. 

The Republic of Broken Dreams

Since the revolution, French history has been marked by moments that promise progress but end in bitter failure. The election of the Popular Front in 1936 was one such example, says Jonathan Fenby.

Of Saints and Kings

Walatta Petros was a woman feared even by kings. Wendy Laura Belcher tells the story of the Ethiopian saint, her relationships with centuries of monarchs and the stories of the miracles she performed.