Cultural

Merle Ricklefs seeks clues for the future of the troubled archipelago nation in its distant past.

Colin Cook looks at the political, philosophical and cultural impact of the idea of aviation in the first half of the 20th century.

David Johnson describes the infamous Marriage Act of 1753, which made marriage a tightly-regulated institution governed by church and state.

Bernard Porter points out similarities and contrasts between terrorism then and now.

Graham Goodlad asks if the media did more to support or to challenge politicians during the last century.

F.G. Stapleton examines the role played by the armed forces in the government of the Second Reich.

Peter Furtado previews a new exhibition devoted to J.M.W. Turner’s visits to the historic city in the first half of the 19th century.

James Williams considers hunting as the ideal pastime for the nobility in the sixteenth century.

Mikhail Safonov argues that the Beatles did more for the break up of totalitarianism in the USSR than Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Andrei Sakharov.