Dissonant Horn
Ethiopia’s current crisis is rooted in a long history of regional and ethnic defiance towards the political centre.
Volume 71 Issue 2 February 2021
The Failure of Elizabeth I’s English Armada
In the wake of the Spanish Armada, Elizabethan England sought retaliation by launching an invasion of its own. But how to finance such a venture?
In the Shadow of Angkor
The ruined temples of Cambodia’s medieval empire became symbols of a people who had forgotten their history. In reality, they demonstrate an inherent continuity.
To Frame a Painter
A society portraitist who emigrated to Britain from Hungary found himself embroiled in a drama of divided loyalties during the First World War.