Contents
APRIL 2011
FEATURES
22 Lincoln’s British enemies Thomas E Sebrell II on British support for the Confederacy and why it never extended to formal recognition
33 The Elizabethan Big Society Phil Withington reveals how David Cameron’s ideas echo those of English reformers in Tudor times
40 Sniffing out the past Dan Snow encounters the worst smells of medieval London
42 A colossus at war David Edgerton challenges the conventional wisdom that Britain in 1940 was a plucky underdog
50 The politics of hair Hairstyles tell us a great deal about changes in society, says Lucy Worsley
56 Britain’s slaves in Latin America Chris Evans explains how British capitalists continued to profit from slave labour until the late 19th century
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