Forgiven Not Forgotten?
A long and detailed challenge to the modern cult of memory.
Volume 69 Issue 2 February 2019
India Breaks Free?
India’s decision to decriminalise homosexuality is presented as the country shaking off the last vestiges of colonialism. The reality is not so simple.
Soft Fascism
The buildings that came out of Portugal’s New State were described as an ‘architectural lie’.
A Modern Queen of Scots
We like historical films to be factually accurate, but we also like them to reflect our sensibilities.
Home Truths
The question of the responsibility of the ‘everyman’ and ‘everywoman’ remains a pressing one.
Africa’s Global Powerbrokers
Africa has been global for millennia, but its history is too often eclipsed by narratives that focus on slavery and its abolition.
Missing Links: The Victorian Freak Show
In Victorian Britain, attitudes towards race, gender, disability and Empire were all to be found in the popular ‘freak shows’.
The Real Third Man: Policing Postwar Vienna
At the centre of a war-shattered Europe, Vienna was divided between the victorious Allied powers. Restoring civil society proved a major challenge.
Who Was Charles Hutton?
From the pit to Pythagoras, the self-made man rose to the top of the mathematical world and divided it in two.
Railway To Hell
The Thai-Burma railway was built by prisoners of war in appalling conditions. The dead were treated with a dignity denied the living.