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  • The South African Apartheid: The Effects upon the Next Generation

    The South African apartheid ended in the 1990s, but the effect those laws have had on new generations is still significant. Lucy Stewart examines the impact the history of apartheid has had on mental health in South Africa today.

  • Early Modern Witches: Old and Female?

    In today’s cultural lexicon, the word ‘witch’ is largely associated with the image of an elderly woman. But does this image reflect the real people who were tried as witches during the early modern period? Seth Silverberg delves into the historical record to challenge our assumptions and find out.

  • Skeletons in Westminster: Is it Time to Solve the Mystery of the Princes in the Tower? 

    The identity of the “Princes of the Tower” has remained a mystery since their sudden disappearance in 1483. Naomi Wallace and Marnie Camping-Harris discuss the prevailing theories regarding their fate, and the debates which continue to preclude examination of their remains.

  • Bauhaus Design and Its Influence on Typography and German National Identity

    The Bauhaus, founded in 1919 in Weimar, Germany, was dedicated to combining function and aesthetic. Meenakshi Nirmalan investigates the political origins of the movement, including how its avant garde vision challenged the Nazi party.

  • Hesiod’s Guide to Winter

    Hesiod’s “Works and Days” serves as an instruction on how to be a good farmer, including when poor weather hits. Fiona MacRae looks to the ancient Greek poet for some advice on how we might brave the colder months – goat skin optional.

  • Claudia Efemini set to publish debut novel A Letter Away From Asaba in Spring 2023

    “A Letter Away From Asaba”, the debut novel of former Retrospect Columnist Claudia Efemini, follows the lives of two friends who confront the British press’ censorship of the 1967 Asaba massacre. Exploring their grief, trauma and resilience, Claudia’s novel, set for release in 2023, aims to bring awareness to a largely neglected event in Nigerian…

  • The Galaxy’s Greatest Mystery: Dark Matter and its Development 

    Within the twentieth-century rise in theoretical cosmology, the study of dark matter gained traction as scientists worked to explain its existence. Kat Jivkova explores the collaborative studies which led to the development of dark matter theory and a means to perceive the invisible.

  • Dead and Buried? Finding Edinburgh’s last hanged woman in oral history 

    Charged with a most heinous crime, Jessie King would come to sit in the annals of Scottish history as the last woman hanged in Edinburgh. Chloe Bramwell explores the story of a woman who may have been as much a victim of circumstance as a villain for commercial tours to exploit.