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Chris Springer looks at how the Confederate Flag has become a symbol of 20th-century rebellion.

Ann Hills looks at a little-known treasure trove: the archives of London Zoo.

Raymond Postgate is well-known today as the founder of The Good Food Guide, but he was also a vivid eyewitness of events as a Londoner under siege from Hitler's bombs. We publish here for the first time, a selection from his wartime correspondence with the American publisher Alfred Knopf, introduced and edited by his son, John Postgate.

What was it like to be a 'boiled octopus' in the silk mills of Japan before the First World War? Janet Hunter looks at the life and conditions of the women who bore the brunt of Japan's rapid industrialisation.

Capturing the spirit of America - Erin Cho looks at the building blocks of American childhood and the objectives of their creator.

Peter Ling compares the impact of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X on black culture in the 90s.

Peter Heehs describes how Hindu revivalism stiffened resistance to colonial rule in British India.

Nigel Saul looks at the two-way traffic between medieval Britain and the Continent