Volume 73 Issue 9 September 2023

Lee Kuan Yew speaks in Fullerton Square, Singapore, 18 December 1984.

Lee Kuan Yew’s Singapore Story

One man more than any other is associated with Singapore’s remarkable success. On his centenary: who was Lee Kuan Yew and how did he do it?

Daniel J. Boorstin, Librarian of Congress, speaking outside the Mary Pickford Theater, James Madison Building, Library of Congress during the opening ceremony, 1983

‘Popularizing the Past’ by Nick Witham review

Popularizing the Past: Historians, Publishers, and Readers in Postwar America by Nick Witham explores the industry of popular history from Daniel Boorstin to Howard Zinn.

Salvador Allende announces the nationalisation of copper, Rancagua, Chile, 15 July 1971.

Pinochet’s Shadow: Privatisation in Chile

Privatisation of Chile’s natural resources was a pillar of Augusto Pinochet’s military dictatorship.

A close-up of the carved head of King Rigapat’s spear

Evelyn Cheesman and the Poisoned Spear

Evelyn Cheesman travelled to Vanuatu and brought back a poison-tipped spear and a new understanding of the natural world.