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The Englishman who may still be attracted to the spot reads there names once well known in England; and looking on the neighbouring hills and hollows, where so protracted a strife was waged, and where so many thousands fell, he sees the points which mark the Russian lines of defence, with the famous Malakof and Mamelon standing up in all their former defiance; while beyond, against the blue of the Euxine, are the streets and domes and churches of the city, risen from its ashes. New batteries protect the shore, the docks once more resound with the clang of labour, the port is filled with the barks of commerce, and guarded by the vessels of war. Yet a few years, and all those who still remember how passionately the thoughts and wishes of the people of England were once directed on this spot, will themselves have departed, and nothing will then survive to remind the world of this long and desperate conflict of giants except a page in history. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the book review of "1956: The year that changed Britain" by Francis Beckett and Tony Russell on December 23 and 30, 2016, "A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women" on December 16, 2016, and an article regarding popular culture of the 1950s.

Letters to the editor are presented in response to the article about the Rhodes must fall campaigns in Cape Town, South Africa and Oxford, England by Amia Srinivasan which was published in the March 31, 2016 issue.