BBC History Magazine - 24 Okt 2024
FROM HERO TO ZERO
Medieval influencers
TALES OF THE GLADIATORS
Chris Packham and Peter Frankopan on the long battle to save the natural world
Butchers, bakers and lawnmower makers
Where is Lord Lucan?
THREE THINGS I’VE LEARNED THIS MONTH
Hetta Howes
Chris Packham
Islam Issa
Annie Gray
Tales from the arena
How Paradise was Lost
Picture of ambition
Five fascinating facts about... Victorian Britain
What happened to Lord Lucan?
Medieval influencers
The fall of Cromwell
Peter Frankopan and
Chris Packham discuss environmental history
Interview: Annie Gray on the evolution of the high street
Diary: Things to see and do this month
Michael Wood on the Ladybird version of history
Q&A History questions answered
New history books reviewed
Historic Cities: Venice, Italy
Recipe: Tudor snow
Jerusalem’s turbulent past
Hidden Histories
Letters
“Henry VIII was trapped humiliatingly in Cromwell’s project”
Animal-lovers and medics clash
Animal-lovers and medics clash
The Mary Celeste is sighted – empty
6 DECEMBER 1912
Cicero is assassinated
2 DECEMBER 1851
Royal sibling rivalry turns deadly in Sweden
Cicero is assassinated
1 DECEMBER 1955
What does history say about the climate crisis?
OUR DOCTORS SAVE LIVES. SO CAN YOUR WILL.
FROM HERO TO ZERO
FROM HERO TO ZERO
Complements
HOW CROMWELL GOT HIS REVENGE
FIVE THINGS YOU (PROBABLY) DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT… Victorian Britain
THE LONG ROAD TO P A R A D I SE
M I L T O N ’ S A R T I S T I C L E G A C Y
An extraordinary artist
ANCIENT EGYPT
What was the dance marathon craze of the Great Depression?
Where is Alexander the Great’s body?
Which was the first modern state to abolish the death penalty?
DID YOU KNOW…?
…Indian summer?
Is there any truth to the rumours that Catherine the Great was killed by a horse?
What were the Defenestrations of Prague?
What are the origins of the cappuccino?
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO LORD LUCAN?
The Lucan Obsession
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO LORD LUCAN?
AN ENDURING MYSTERY
The poet who felt women’s pain
The trailblazer who hit back at the haters
The holy woman the church loved to hate
The lockdown saint who speaks to the modern world
At thebook’s heart are characters, often colourful, who used and created the various forms of money to support commerce, trade and livelihoods
“Female detectives often worked to the detriment of other women”
“Kublai Khan’s life is a remarkable and sobering tale of turmoil, change and upheaval”
“Allied bombing caused more damage and more casualties in Naples than did the Germans”
Annie Gray on theevolution of the British high street, from markets to malls
ECONOMICS
“Leisure was very much built into the whole shopping experience”
Years without kings
A disruptive decade
Devastation and defiance
Oceanic ambition
David Andress on an account of popular politics during the French Revolution
The not-so-gentle touch
ENCOUNTERS
ENCOUNTERS
Power plays
EXHIBITIONS
Movie madness
Institutional abuse
Fight for survival
Hot topics
Fear and loathing
Tudor snow
THIS MONTH’S TOP PODCAST PICKS
Venice in five places
Venice in five places
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PRIZE CROSSWORD
Solution to our October 2024 crossword
HOW TO ENTER
History of Cities in Maps
Book
For the love of God
Books of the Year
Reasons to be cheerful
The greatest Briton?
Pooches past
A medieval murder mystery
Robert Peel
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