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WELCOME

JANUARY 2023

THIS ISSUE’S CONTRIBUTORS

ON THE COVER: EDWARD TEACH AKA BLACKBEARD A

ANNIVERSARIES

HELEN CARR highlights events that took place in January in history

The Daily News is launched by Charles Dickens

The new broadsheet offers an alternative to rightwing rivals

Zulu warriors rout British troops at Isandlwana

Attempts to extend colonial influence into Zululand are met with fierce resistance

France retakes Calais from the English

The strategically vital port falls back into French hands for the first time in over two centuries

The first voluntary hospital treating sexually transmitted disease opens in London

A wave of syphilis sweeping the capital prompts a wealthy surgeon to act

2022: The historians’ view

As the new year dawns, experts explain how episodes from the past can help us make sense of the upheavals of 2022 – from political and economic turbulence to war in Europe

HISTORY NEWS IN BRIEF

Ancient Roman bronze statues found in Italy Twenty-four

"These are voices never heard before in any literature of the world"

THE TIMELESS REALISM OF CHINESE POET DU FU

"This story is a reminder of the long history of Somali people in Britain"

THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES Kavita Puri is a journalist

LETTERS

Edward I as depicted in a manuscript. Reader

Q & A

A selection of historical conundrums answered by experts

“The Armada was just hours away from successfully landing in England”

INTERVIEW / GEOFFREY PARKER

Imperial exiles

RUSSIA

Brum beat

Natalie Marlow discusses Needless Alley, her detective noir novel set in interwar Birmingham

Fear and weakness

NORTH AMERICA

Fight for might

ANCIENT ROME

THE CLASSIC BOOK

Christienna Fryar on a groundbreaking account of the Haitian Revolution

Winning ways

MILITARY

Ordinary lives

SOCIAL

Heroines of healthcare

MEDICINE

ENCOUNTERS DIARY

WATCH Look back in anger Jalyn Hall plays

“Russia is potentially very powerful. But that power is limited by its autocratic tradition”

Journalist and broadcaster MISHA GLENNY (left) tells us about his new radio series charting the tumultuous history of Russia

How we fell in love with holidays

Our podcast editor ELLIE CAWTHORNE discusses a recent episode on the boom in British tourism in the 19th and 20th centuries – and the joys of package holidays of the past

THREE MORE HISTORYEXTRA PODCASTS ON THE HISTORY OF TRAVEL

Luxury liners From sipping martinis on the deck

Scotland’s holy isle

EXPLORE… IONA , INNER HEBRIDES

Windy city on the Cook Strait

TRAVEL TO… WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND

PRIZE CROSSWORD

Across 1 At the battle of ____,

HISTORY EXTRA

Here’s a selection of the exciting content that’s

NEXT MONTH

February issue on sale 19 January 2023

Denis Compton

1918 –97

WHEN BRITAIN SAID ‘OUI’

Fifty years ago, the United Kingdom joined the European Economic Community after decades of debate and doubt – on both sides of the Channel. Alwyn Turner looks back at this key moment in the relationship between the UK and its continental neighbours

Hell on high water

The golden age of piracy saw waves of rogue sailors terrorising the Atlantic world from 1670 to 1730. But what, asks Rebecca Simon, drove this period of maritime pillage and plunder?

Britain’s buried secrets

Complements season 10 of Digging for Britain

Eat for victory

As the hardships of the Second World War began to bite, a new network of public dining rooms was established – the British Restaurant. Bryce Evans explores the story of these healthy, economical establishments, and the lessons they could teach us today

ANIMAL ATTRACTION

How did a monkey come to float above London’s suburbs, and Mount Vesuvius erupt just south of the Thames? Joanne Cormac reveals how the entertainments put on by Surrey Zoological Gardens reflected Britons’ growing taste for the exotic in the 19th century

Mavia of Tanukh Warrior queen of Arabia

EMRAN EL-BADAWI introduces an inspiring woman who defeated Romans and Goths, brought Christianity to her people and forged an independent Arab state

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