Cultural

Mark Meigs uncovers a fascinating initiative enacted in France at the end of the First World War designed to turn American soldiers into students empowered with all the virtues of the Progressive era.

Richard Cavendish discovers the riches and Diaspora and beyond in the Manchester Jewish museum.

Tim Knox looks at how the explosion of interest in all things Chinese in 18th-century Britain found a centrepiece in the royal gardens of George III.

E. Hall looks at the methods used in ancient Greece to court public opinion in the light of the modern media and messages of democratic politics today.

Diana Webb looks at the miracles and saints populating the basilica of the San Frediano in Lucca.

We may all know about Nefertiti, but what was life like for the less-famous women of ancient Egypt? Joyce Tyldesley describes the restraints and freedoms operating on daughters of Isis. 

Barry Strauss looks at the contrasts and similarities between the city-states and the 'land of the free'.

Susan Cole looks at how, though formally excluded from the political process, Athena's sisters nevertheless made their mark.

Ann Hills investigates Romania's rural rescue scheme.

François Hartog on how urban living has coincided with the advocacy of popular rule from Plato through to Machiavelli, Rousseau and 20th-century sociologists.