Volume 49 Issue 8 August 1999

Margaret Mitchell was 48 when she died on August 16th, 1949

Ghana's slaving past, long regarded as too sensitive to even discuss, is now becoming a lively issue. A group of Ghanaians, led by lawyers and tribal chiefs, have convened an Africa-wide meeting to seek 'retribution and compensation for the crime of slavery’.

Ford's first automobile company didn't last long, but it was to have a lasting effect on his thinking.

Owen Davies argues that a widespread belief in witchcraft persisted through 19th-century Britain, despite the scepticism engendered by the Enlightenment.