Volume 50 Issue 3 March 2000

Anne Crawford describes Britain’s national archive of official documents, and the ways in which it is developing to meet the changing needs of its users.

The scientist was found guilty of betraying atomic secrets on March 1st, 1950.

Esmond Wright recalls the life of the American philosopher, scientist and man of letters in his years in a street near Charing Cross.

Lucy Chester examines the processes by which the Indo-Pakistan border was drawn, dividing a single country into two.

Britain’s national archive of official documents and the ways in which it is developing to meet the changing needs of its users

John Foot describes the background to a trial that threatens to clarify an obscure and ignoble chapter in Italy’s recent past.

The ancient library of Alexandria, destroyed by fire in AD270 is to be replaced by a new great library in the city to open this year, which will also serve as a local city museum.

With Evita as its star, Juan Perón’s propaganda campaign won Argentina's affection for the populist dictatorship, at least for a while.