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BBC History Magazine aims to shed new light on the past to help you make more sense of the world today. Fascinating stories from contributors are the leading experts in their fields, so whether they're exploring Ancient Egypt, Tudor England or the Second World War, you'll be reading the latest, most thought-provoking historical research. BBC History Magazine brings history to life with informative, lively and entertaining features written by the world's leading historians and journalists and is a captivating read for anyone who's interested in the past.
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WELCOME“Shortly before we went to press with this issue came the sobering news of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This is a moment that historians will be reflecting on for decades to come, and one that is itself informed by the region’s past. On page 10, Keith Lowe explores the historical background to the current crisis, from tsarist Russia to the Second World War, and we’ll be covering the backstory in greater depth in our May edition, as well as at historyextra.com.Sticking with the Second World War theme, the opening feature of this month’s magazine takes us back to Britain in 1942. While 1940 is often seen as Britain’s (and Churchill’s) darkest hour in the war, Taylor Downing argues that 1942 – a year full of military disasters – was a…1 min
THIS ISSUE’S CONTRIBUTORSMarisa Linton“The French Revolution was founded on hopes that a better world could be created, based on liberty and equality, but it descended into political instability, tragedy and war. The result was Napoleon’s militarist dictatorship.”Marisa explores how Napoleon undermined the French Revolution on page 41Neil MacGregor“In big cities all around the UK, museums are in every way part of the public realm. Indeed, the civic role played by museums is one of the great traditions of our country.”Neil considers the changing role of museums in modern Britain on page 35Anna Keay“In my new book I’ve chosen to explore the Commonwealth period in the British Isles through a series of contemporaries, including a maverick newspaper editor, a pioneering scientist and a pistol-wielding countess.”Anna views the Interregnum from the perspective of eyewitnesses…1 min
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THIS MONTH IN HISTORYPrehistoric phenomenonMade from chalk and decorated with intricate carvings, this 5,000-year-old artefact is on public display for the first time since its discovery in 2015.The drum-shaped object – found alongside a chalk ball and bone pin in the grave of three children near Burton Agnes, East Yorkshire in 2015 – may have been used as sculptural art or as a talisman to protect the dead. Its markings, including three holes believed to represent the bodies, recall an artistic style used in the era in which Stonehenge was built. The sculpture is very similar to three objects known as the “Folkton Drums”, found just 15 miles away in 1889, which were also buried near the remains of a child.These parallels, and the clues that the find may offer about cultural connections…4 min
The long, long 19th centuryTALKING POINTSHistorical consultant Hallie Rubenhold (@HallieRubenhold) noted on Twitter in February that “a lot of people’s concepts of ‘the past’… are decidedly coloured by the 19th century… It’s like the century has become a visual shorthand for ‘the past’, and I wonder how this started. I feel [that] Hollywood, with its constantly reinforced tropes and clichés, is in part to blame… I can’t tell you how many cigar-smoking Georgians I’ve encountered in scripts, as well as people playing poker. Every corset seems to look like those worn in the 1880s. Lots of bad guys [were] packing revolvers in the 18th century, too, apparently.”Her comments sparked a debate about the shadow cast over our view of the past by the 19th century. Historian and broadcaster Greg Jenner (@Greg_Jenner) agreed that the…2 min
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