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Arthur Marwick reveals how beauty moved from being enticing and dangerous to being enticing and all-powerful.

Anthony Fyson reads a letter from his great-grandfather, who as a young man was caught up in the Eureka Stockade, where gold-miners in Ballarat, Victoria, famously clashed with state troops, 150 years ago this month.

Was Margaret Thatcher’s government close to defeat during the dark days of the miners’ strike of 1984-85?

On November 1st, 1954, an insurrection broke out in Algeria.

Edward Falshaw completes his survey of questions on contemporary Britain.

Stephen Cullen reassesses the role of ‘Dad’s Army’.

Ben Kiernan points out the progress, and difficulties, in recovering history and justice after genocide.

Matthew Stewart traces the roots of the Greco-Turkish war of 1921-22, and the consequent refugee crisis, to the postwar settlements of 1919-20.

Anthony Howe looks at the anti-war stance of the great Victorian reformer; his fall from grace and subsequent revival.

Julia Swanson tells the extraordinary tale of her English grandfather and his family who were tragically caught up in the violence of the Mexican Revolution.