History Today February 2020

THIS is the second issue of volume 70 of the popular - but not too-popular - history magazine.
Highlights include articles about slavery among native North Americans before and during the early days of white settlement, the disappearance of democracy in Hitler's Germany, and Anglo-Saxon place names.

History … highs and lows

Lowlights include this selection from a Q&A session with Dan Hicks, "professor of contemporary archaeology" at Oxford University.
What's the most important lesson history has taught you?
That anti-racism is more urgent than class war.
Normans or Anglo-Saxons?
Brummies.
What will future generations judge us most harshly for?
For allowing BP to art-wash their disaster-capitalist project in the 'world culture' galleries of the British Museum.

More Frenchies

HAVE painted another batch of French line infantry for my Project Kaiser 54mm toy-soldier refight of the Franco-Prussian War.

A dozen new French foot on my kitchen work surface

They started life as Armies In Plastic ACW Union Marines, but I think take on their new role rather well.
Recruiting for Project Kaiser is moving along at a decent pace, but I still have to produce French artillery crews, paint two guns and create lots of scenery.

Two Very Different Mags

ONE magazine is strong on words, the other on photos - no prizes for guessing which is which when the magazines concerned are Slingshot and Toy Soldier Collector.

Two different magazines, but both with striking covers

I cannot say any article in Slingshot (issue 328 - January/February 2020) stood out for me, but all had points of interest to think about.
Toy Soldier Collector (issue 92 - February/March 2020) is a treat to simply flick through, which to be fair is mostly all I did.