ISSUE: VOLUME 47.01 SPRING 2018

The abuse of history

The powers being used to manipulate the past

The spring 2018 issue of Index on Censorship magazine explores how across the globe, governments and various groups are using their powers to change their narratives - and manipulate history. Lucy Worsley talks about the Tudor Court and Margaret MacMillan discusses how Germany rewrote its past in the interwar period. Louisa Lim says she wouldn't be able to write her critically acclaimed book on the Tiananmen Square Massacre today. And Irene Caselli meets the duo behind a museum in Cuba seeking to readdress the country's dissident past. Elsewhere in the magazine bestselling Palestinian author Abbad Yahya talks to Index about the threats against his life, Laura Silvia Battaglia examines how refugees in Italy are self-censoring themselves in order to fit into their new society and ahead of the release of her new book, award-winning author Christie Watson writes an exclusive short story for Index.   Editorial: Past imperfect | Full contents