To Wear or Not to Wear: Changing social norms with regard to eyewear Studying the history of spectacles brings together the twin themes...
British Prime Ministers from Attlee to Blair A lecture to mark the publication of Vernon Bogdanor's book...
Mathematics, Motion, and Truth: The Earth goes round the Sun The reality of the Earth's motion, as proclaimed by Copernicus...
John F. Kennedy, President, 1961-1963 Kennedy's brief Presidency, terminated by assassination, still has glamour attached...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, President 1933-1945 - Foreign Policy Elected in the midst of the Great Depression, Roosevelt transformed...