Volume 74 Issue 7 July 2024

Chinese POWs headed for Taiwan, some of whom hold the flag of the Republic of China, the Nationalist government of Taiwan, 20 January 1954. Bettman/Getty Images.

The Korean War of Prisoners

The Korean War began as a conflict over territory. It would become a fight for the asylum of North Korean POWs.

The seal of Robert Bruce, 1326. Bridgeman Images.

Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?

Remembered today as a national hero, Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, had an upbringing which spanned Essex to Ulster. He was a hybrid king to the last.