Volume 55 Issue 5 May 2005

Mali’s History at Risk

Sarah Searight highlights the problem of pillaging for those trying to piece together Mali’s rich heritage.

The Warsaw Pact

A mutual defence treaty between Communist states was signed on 14 May 1955.

Henry VI (right) sitting while the Dukes of York (left) and Somerset (center) have an argument.

The Battle of St Albans, 1455

Anthony Pollard asks whether the battle should rightly be seen as the launch of the Wars of the Roses.

The Making of a 'Terrorist'

Mihir Bose investigates the case of Subhas Chandra Bose in Bengal in 1924 to show what can happen when a government is able to lock people up on the suspicion of terrorism.