Volume 44 Issue 2 February 1994
Scientific shortsighteness
Angela Morgan considers the effects of recent upheavals at the Science Museum.
Villainous Heroes
Heroes or villains? Stewart Russell looks at the Indian after-life of American Civil War generals.
Sir John Soane's Museum
Richard Cavendish explores a classical curiosity shop - The Sir John Soane Museum in London.
Distorted Mirrors
David Lowenthal considers how self-image affects nations' history-writing and identities.
The Athenian Democracy and its Slaves
Dimitris Kyratas looks at the ambiguities of treatment for those formally excluded from an 'all men are equal...' formula.
Romania's Rural Rescue Scheme
Ann Hills investigates Romania's rural rescue scheme.
The City and the Democratic Ideal
François Hartog on how urban living has coincided with the advocacy of popular rule from Plato through to Machiavelli, Rousseau and 20th-century sociologists.
Tempting Providence: The Bombing of Monte Cassino
Were art and religion inevitable victims of war? David Colvin and Richard Hodges discuss the action and the issues it raised - including testimony from a surviving witness from the monastic community.
A Sympathetic Ear: Napoleon, Elba and the British
Was Napoleon's escape from his first exile unwittingly aided by his erstwhile opponents from Albion? Katharine MacDonogh weighs up the enigmatic response that certain British citizens showed towards their imperial prisoner.