This Month's Magazine
In the December issue:
- The Rulers of Medieval France
- Apollo 12: The Perfect Mission to the Moon
- Empire of Celebrity
- The Studious Resistance of Marc Bloch
- The Velvet Revolution in the Regions
- National Parks
- A History of Haggis
- Antarctica
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Selected articles from this issue
A new treaty on the governance of Antarctica, signed in 1959, became a trailblazing model for the world. But the future of the ‘white continent’ remains contentious.
The origins of haggis are as mysterious as the Loch Ness Monster.
In the 18th century, celebrity culture helped make the British Empire seem both a part of everyday life and a place of fantasy.
What took ten years in Poland took ten days in Czechoslovakia. But, as some Czechs would discover, not all revolutions are equal.
But for one turning point, Ermengarde, Viscountesse of Narbonne, might be as well known as Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Overshadowed between two dramatic missions, the success of Apollo 12 was vital to the continuing space project.
A French medieval historian, who served his country in both world wars, helped pioneer a new approach to history in between them.
The Dutch role in the slave trade cannot be dismissed as a matter of numbers.
To whom should one pledge fealty? Lord, king, brother or nation?
The need to preserve alliances was a compelling reason not to use nuclear weapons in Vietnam.
What’s the most important lesson history has taught me? To try to see things from multiple angles.
At what point does memoir become biography and biography become history?