Volume 69 Issue 10 October 2019

The Golden Ages

Successful cities, by the very nature of mercantile and intellectual exchange, must be multicultural and tolerant of diversity.

Good Time Charlie

A new book presents an account of Charlemagne, year by year, without hindsight.

A History of Chop Suey

Chop suey arrived with the Gold Rush, spread with the railway and endured prohibition. Although Chinese by origin, it was claimed by America.

The Arrow Incident

On 8 October 1856, a British flagged Chinese vessel was seized and the Second Opium War began.