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Taking aim with art

CULTURAL Taking aim with art Uproar!, we are forewarned, rips through the context and production of British 18th and 19th-century pictorial satire, focusing on the careers of Georgian artists Thomas Rowlandson, Isaac Cruikshank and James Gillray. The author’s note states that this is a subject known only to enthusiasts and academics – quite a claim, […]

The legends we love

MEDIEVAL The legends we love Why does everyone love Loki? Blame the novelists. Once, this father of monsters was considered the epitome of evil; in the original Norse myths, he is ultimately revealed to be a malicious traitor. Carolyne Larrington charts how this initially unattractive figure has been reimagined from the 1970s onwards by authors […]

Mind games

MEDICINE Mind games Andrew Scull is entertained by a critical but witty examination of early psychoanalytical practitioners and their self-absorbed patients In his new book, Seamus O’Mahony invites readers to view the shifting fortunes of three men over the course of nearly four decades. The guru in question is Sigmund Freud; the bagman is his […]

What was lost

20TH CENTURY What was lost Alexander Watson is moved by a study of the impact of extremism on the people of one eastern European town In October 1938, some 6,500 Jews living in Germany were arrested without warning and dumped by police outside the Polish frontier village of Zbąszyń. At first, the surprised Polish border […]

Lighting up the stage

CULTURAL Lighting up the stage Stephen Unwin is enthralled by a survey of English thespians, the subjects ranging from medieval talents to the greats of the 21st century “Acting is merely the art of keeping a large number of people from coughing,” declared the sublime actor Ralph Richardson. His wry line suggests just how hard […]

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My history hero

MY HISTORY HERO Local council support officer and podcaster Jackie Weaver chooses Elizabeth I 1533–1603 IN PROFILE Elizabeth l, daughter of Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn, was queen of England from 1558 until her death, which marked the end of the Tudor dynasty. One of her first acts as monarch was to […]

In the next issue…

In the next issue… July issue on sale 9 June 2022 Revolutionary Russia Antony Beevor offers his insights into the revolution and brutal civil war that resulted in decades of communist rule Watergate Clifford Williamson explores the events of the great American political scandal Normans in Africa Levi Roach tells the story of a little-known […]