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Articles in October 2005 issue of History Today

• Other October anniversaries.(MONTHS PAST: THIS MONTH IN HISTORY)(Brief Article)
• Vive le general.(News)(museum honouring Charles de Gaulle set for Colombey-Les-Deux-Eglises )(Brief Article)
• Order, order.(News)(translating Parliamentary meetings from 1275 to 1504)(Brief Article)
• Obituaries.(Professor William Frend)(Christopher Durston )(Obituary)
• Under the stones.(News; cost of Stonehenge tunnel diversion spirals)(Brief Article)
• Black Victorians: Patrick Vernon, a key figure in the Greatest Black Britons campaign, discusses depictions of Blacks in Victorian art and popular culture, and introduces a new exhibition on the subject, opening in Manchester.(FRONTLINE)
  by Vernon, Patrick
• Whistle-blower.(News)(Brief Article)
• Thracian gold.(News)(Brief Article)
• The Butcher of Amritsar: General Reginald Dyer (Book Review)
  by Bose, Mihir
• Maltese memorial.(News)(commemorating the Siege of Malta)(Brief Article)
• Round and about: October 2005.(FRONTLINE)
• Heart of darkness.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
  by Reader, Barrie; Oborski, Mike
• Chewing in the dark ages.(News)(medieval people had better teeth)(Brief Article)
• Mirror mirror on the war.(News)(Daily Mirror almost closed during Second World War)(Brief Article)
• The ministry of truth.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
  by Fairfax, Ronald T.C.
• Slapstick stick.(News)(Charlie Chaplin hat and cane to be auctioned )(Brief Article)
• Advertising empire.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
  by West, Stewart
• Gold bar.(News)(Brief Article)
• Boney down under.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
  by Foster, Ian; Lockwood, John
• My brother Adolf.(News)(journal written by Adolf Hitler's sister discovered)(Brief Article)
• The Fauves at the Salon d'Automne: Oct 15th, 1905.(MONTHS PAST: THIS MONTH IN HISTORY)
  by Cavendish, Richard
• Rome or Death: The Obsessions of General Garibaldi.(Book Review)
  by Duggan, Christopher
• The oldest door.(News)(at Westminster Abbey )(Brief Article)
• The American Enemy: The History of French Anti-Americanism.(Book Review)
  by Ellwood, D.W.
• Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves, and the American Revolution.(Book Review)
  by Armitage, David
• The Church Explorers Handbook: A Guide to Looking at Churches and their Contents.(Book Review)
  by MacLennan, Andrew
• Imperial head.(News)(marble head of Emperor Constantine found)(Brief Article)