Volume 40 Issue 12 December 1990

The problems surrounding the discovery of an ancient reptile fossil and its wider implications for cultural heritage.

Susan Collinson dissects the life and ideas of the brilliant nineteenth-century anatomist who developed a biological theory of race, but whose career was clouded by controversy.

Aram Bakshian delves into the annexe of Presidents in Washington DC

Ann Hills assesses the 'Year of the Maze'

Barbara Murison tells how one of Stuart England's most successful civil servants used friends, influence and resources from around the globe to fit out a palatial residence in Gloucestershire

Frank Griffith Dawson finds echoes of the present in Latin America's financial situations of the past.

John Crossland on the ethical dilemmas facing those who wish to dig out Battle of Britain planes and pilots.