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Anthony Johnson argues that an accurate interpretation of the great monument rests in the sophisticated geometric principles employed by its Neolithic surveyors.

Mark Rathbone examines the importance of one Alabama town’s contribution to the civil rights movement.

Burma became independent in 1948. Ben Morris asks if Britain could have done more for this unhappy country.

John Kennedy’s commitment to put a man on the Moon in the 1960s is often quoted as an inspired civic vision. Gerard DeGroot sees the reality somewhat differently.

The Berlin Wall was a tangible symbol of the suppression of human rights by the Eastern bloc during the Cold War, but Frederick Taylor asks whether it was more convenient to the Western democracies than their rhetoric suggested.

Robert Bud says we should remember the Asian flu epidemic of 1957 as a turning point in the history of antibiotics.

Steve Morewood looks at the rise and fall of British dominance of the Suez Canal in the years 1882 to 1954.

Andrew Cook looks at the mysterious career of a man notorious for selling seats in the House of Lords.