Retrospect
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EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY'S HISTORY, CLASSICS AND ARCHAEOLOGY MAGAZINE

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Changing Altitudes: The Impact of the Tobacco Industry on the Prohibition of In-Flight Smoking in the US

Prior to 1988, smoking was permitted on all commercial aircrafts. Kat Jivkova discusses the health studies which led to its ban and the pro-tobacco campaigners who sought to delay it.
Colonialist Legacies: Forced Virginity Testing of Indian and Pakistani Women in 1970s Britain

Many South Asian women migrating to Britain during the 1970s faced inhumane examinations based on racial prejudice. Sophie Whitehead examines Britain’s austere immigration policies during the 1970s and the colonial mentality which produced them.
Interview with Kate McCaffrey, Assistant Curator at Hever Castle

Historian and Assistant Curator at Hever Castle, Kate McCaffrey conducted pioneering research on Anne Boleyn’s Book of Hours. Naomi Wallace interviews Kate where she discusses her intriguing discoveries and career.
Is Big Brother Still Watching? How Orwell’s 1984 Predicted the Future

George Orwell’s dystopian novel, “1984”, serves as a cautionary tale of the dangers of suppression and mass surveillance. Dalma Roman discusses how these themes have become intwined in our lives today.
‘All life is a service’: The Contested Erotics of Fascism from Foucault to Frost

The sexualisation of fascist aesthetics has received a great deal of critical and philosophical analysis. Georgia Smith examines this discourse and the convergence of eroticism and fascism.
Early Modernity and the World Beyond Europe

Seth Silverberg discusses how applicable the Early Modern periodisation is outside of Europe and encourages a reconsideration of the term, as well as of the concept of modernity itself.
The Flags of Reaction: The Usage of Past Symbology by the Global Far-Right

Throughout history, flags have served as emblems of both the state and national identity. However, they can also be used to propagate political ideology and as symbolic statements in partisan protest, as Christopher Boyne discusses.
Language and Imperial Projects: Communication in Early Modern European Empires

Adeline Cheung discusses the importance of communication in the establishment and maintenance of colonial rule in the Americas, looking at how language became a means through which European colonists exerted control over indigenous peoples.