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...economically valuable visitor attraction whose familiar face can sell shortbread, whisky, ales and tea towels. Nevertheless, Burns remains relevant at another level. At the best of the Burns suppers, attendees will have been reminded that Burns spoke for no one party, but for humanity itself, warts and all. More than this, he acknowledged the connectedness of all living...

...economic effects of a world at war. When we focus on the war’s end, the Armistice is often taken as the conflict’s end-point. Yet new research has shown that for many peoples across Europe, especially in central, eastern and southeastern Europe, the fighting continued. New nations were born in a crucible of violence, governments and ruling regimes were overthrown, and...