Volume 73 Issue 4 April 2023

American Moppets

Americanised globalisation and the new world of Russian business in the 1990s.

The First Folio

The stage has a short memory, print a long one: 400 years since its first publication, Shakespeare’s First Folio is the reason we remember him.

A Life of Retirement

The Roman veterans village of Karanis in Egypt did not change the world. Its ordinariness is what makes it remarkable.

Asia and Africa Unite

In 1955, the Bandung Conference brought together post-colonial nations in the hope of forging a new solidarity. Could such disparate countries overcome their inherent differences?

Fostering the Foundlings

The governors of the London Foundling Hospital recruited an external network of nurses to care for children. For many, the bonds established endured.

Codes and Crowns

Fifty encrypted letters sent by Mary, Queen of Scots have recently been deciphered. What have we learnt?

No Edens

A level-headed chronicle of the varied impact of climate on our history.