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Articles in May 2006 issue of History Today

• Cypriot division.(Letter to the editor)
  by Soloman, Emilios
• The voice for history: the Historical Association is celebrating its hundredth birthday. Keith Robbins appraises its past and present role in acting as the voice for 'History'.
  by Robbins, Keith
• Round and about: May 2006.(FRONTLINE)
• Pow postcards.(History in the Media)(postcards of Ruhleben camp auctioned)(Brief article)
• Charles I: A Political Life.(Book review)
  by Fletcher, Anthony
• Civilians in warfare 1500-1789: civilians have always suffered in warfare, and Early Modern Europe was no exception. But they contributed to war as well, through their taxes, their victuals and their bodies. Jeremy Black explores the relationship between
  by Black, Jeremy
• Pictures on the page: Sheila Corr, History Today picture editor, explains how pictures, properly archived and used, can add to our knowledge of the past.(Editorial)
  by Corr, Sheila
• Voices for history.(FRONTLINE)
  by Furtado, Peter
• The Sale of the Late King's Goods: Charles I and His Art Collection.(Book review)
  by Wilson, Derek
• Portsmouth: Graham Gendall Norton introduces a city that has faced invasions and foreign adventures since Roman times.
  by Norton, Graham Gendall
• Can TV make history? Peter Furtado introduces the remarkable work of Norma Percy.
  by Furtado, Peter
• The Whig World.(Book review)
  by Prest, Wilfrid
• Black ice.(Black Death )(Brief article)
• The General Strike: on the 80th anniversary of the General Strike, Martin Pugh revisits one of the most bitter disputes in history and assesses its impact on industrial relations and the wider political landscape of the twentieth century.
  by Pugh, Martin
• The Master Plan: Himmler's Scholars and the Holocaust.(Book review)
  by Hale, Christopher
• Hold the front page: Mark Bryant describes how the Daily Mail nearly became the first national daily in Britain to feature large political cartoons on its front page, fifteen years before Dyson's huge drawings appeared in the Daily Herald.
  by Bryant, Mark
• Astronomical find.(Bronze Age Sky Disc of Nebra )(Brief article)
• Going to the dogs: Mike Huggins revisits the early years of British greyhound racing, the smart modern sports craze of interwar Britain.
  by Huggins, Mike
• May's Anniversaries: John Brown's Body ... Columbus's last great journey ... and the first demonstration of the most powerful weapon in history. Richard Cavendish recalls this month's anniversaries.
  by Cavendish, Richard
• Montenegro chooses: on May 21st, Montenegrins are being asked, in a long-delayed referendum, if they want to end their union with Serbia. James Evans explains the background to their momentous decision.
  by Evans, James
• Spitfire anniversary.(Brief article)
• Sins of the fathers: Carmen Callil talks to Martin Evans about her recent excursion into the lies and hypocrisy of Vichy France.(POINT OF DEPARTURE)(Book review)
  by Evans, Martin
• Romancing the stone: discovered during the French occupation but seized by the victorious British after six months of desert battle, the Rosetta Stone symbolized the struggle for cultural supremacy between two great rivals, both on a quest for knowledge a
  by Downs, Jonathan
• Egyptian goddess.(Sekhmet's statues uncovered at an ancient temple at Luxor)
• Erratum.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
• Cartoon characters.(Letter to the editor)
  by Richter, Alex
• Top dog: pedigree marketing and its value: Margaret Walsh tracks down an attempt to link the appeal of the greyhound with the brand values of a famous American company.
  by Walsh, Margaret
• Popish plot.(History in the Media)( investigation on the attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II )(Brief article)
• Fall rewarded.(History in the Media)(Bryan Ward-Perkins announced the winner of Hessell-Tiltman History Prize)(Brief article)
• Appeasing dictators.(Letter to the editor)
  by Kauffer, Peter
• Davitt--Land Warrior: Kevin Haddick Flynn looks back at the life and times of radical Michael Davitt as Ireland remembers the centenary of his death on May 31st.(Biography)
  by Flynn, Kevin Haddick
• Government Art loss.(art theft)(Brief article)
• Workshop saved.(History in the Media)(Darnall Works regeneration programme)(Brief article)
• Dominions and war.(Letter to the editor)
  by Roy, Donald
• The foundation of Belgium: Philip Mansel recalls the creation of the kingdom of Belgium in 1831, in a successful act of co-operation between London, Paris and Brussels.
  by Mansel, Philip
• Fine pub.(History in the Media)(pub in Ipswich fined for murder)(Brief article)
• Gandhi on stage.(History in the Media)(English National Opera plans opera in Sanskrit)(Mahatma Gandhi )(Brief article)