From Ovi, an article on Vico and the nexus between history and the self. From The American Scholar, apologies all around: Today's tendency to make amends for the crimes of history raises the question: where do we stop? From The Chronicle, is women's history history? It might be, if it's not rescued from the legitimate but more-abstract study of gender relations. A review of A History of Histories by John Burrow. Civilisation the sequel: It's nearly 40 years since Kenneth Clark lectured the nation about the history of our culture in the landmark TV series "Civilisation". Now Matthew Collings is about to update that colossus with a four-part documentary. A review of Heroes: From Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to Churchill and de Gaulle by Paul Johnson. Lewis Lapham Mad Libs! How to write the sentence he has been redrafting for 40 years.
