Volume 72 Issue 10 October 2022

A surface-to-air missile launcher on Smathers Beach, Florida, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962. Florida Keys History Center-Monroe County Public Library (CC BY 2.0).

Cuban Missile Crisis: the View from Havana

For 13 days in October 1962 the world watched Cuba with bated breath. What was the view like from the epicentre of the missile crisis?

Read my shield: Henry VI on horseback with a coat of arms, 15th century.

Written in Heraldry

Lions are noble; unicorns pure. Knowing how to decipher heraldry reveals the aspirations – and humour – of the regal past.