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“Section 28 galvanised activists into adopting creative and

Hidden figures

EYE-OPENER

TALKING POINTS Rewriting wrongs?

The ways in which historians reinterpret the past – and the dangers inherent in doing so – have proved a hot topic in recent months. ANNA WHITELOCK charts the latest developments

Evidence of Roman crucifixion found in UK

The nail had been embedded in the right

HISTORY IN THE NEWS

A selection of the stories hitting the history headlines

Æthelstan’s assemblies are seen as the origin of the English parliament

MICHAEL WOOD ON… THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF ÆTHELSTAN Michael

ANNIVERSARIES

DOMINIC SANDBROOK highlights events that took place in February in history

WHY WE SHOULD REMEMBER…

The day Dolly the cloned sheep was presented to the world

The film doesn’t engage with one of the main drivers behind the violence

HIDDEN HISTORIES EMMA DABIRI explores lesser-known stories from

LETTERS

A 19th-century depiction of John Montagu – whose

Q&A

As election of historical conundrums answered by experts

“The Georgian era was a time of experimentation and invention”

PENELOPE J CORFIELD speaks to Rhiannon Davies about her new study of the 18th century, which highlights both the triumphs and scandals of the age

Coded language

CHINA

AUTHORS ON THE PODCAST

Hana Videen on studying Old English “When we

What makes a Greek?

ANCIENT

Cursed lives

MARION GIBSON recommends an evocative deep-dive into a witchcraft trial that rocked 17th-century New England

YOU RECOMMEND

In light of the platinum jubilee, we asked our Twitter followers which books on royal history they would recommend…

A very ordinary king

ROYAL

Pride and prejudice

Outrageous! The Story of Section 28 and Britain’s

Forgotten stories

The Fairy Tellers: A Journey into the Secret

ALSO ON THE BOOKSHELF

FICTION The Language of Food by Annabel Abbs

ENCOUNTERS

Changing times Marian Brook (Louisa Jacobson) and Peggy

HISTORY ON THE BOX

“Portraits are a powerful way to preserve the

A timber-framed Tardis

EXPLORE… ANCIENT HOUSE, THETFORD

PRIZE CROSSWORD

Across 6 Member of a proto-Protestant movement

Stonehenge

EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW

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BBC broadcaster Sarah Smith chooses

Who is Britain’s greatest monarch?

This year marks the platinum jubilee of Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest- serving monarch. But which of the kings and queens since 1066 made the biggest mark on history? We asked 12 exper ts to offer their nominations – and to explain what made each one truly great

A national institution

As it approached its second decade, the BBC’s happy-go-lucky attitude was fading fast. And, as DAVID HENDY reveals in the second instalment of our 13-part series tracing the corporation’s cultural impact, the government was now taking a keen interest

How the BBC’s Empire Service provided “a girdle around the Earth”

IN FOCUS

“WE HAVE UNDERESTIMATED THE RUSSIAN COLOSSUS”

When Hitler unleashed the invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, he fully expected his armies to triumph in a matter of weeks. Instead, the operation cost him the war. Richard J Evans considers how it all went wrong for the Germans on the eastern front

They came, they saw, they were iGNORED

To fight or capitulate. That was the choice facing the people of Britain when the Romans invaded in AD 43. Or was it? Miles Russell tells the story of a tribe that adopted an alternative strategy: to treat the legions with utter indifference

Detecting the dead

Following personal tragedy, the creator of that most rational of literary figures, Sherlock Holmes, developed an obsession with spiritualism. Fiona Snailham and Anna Maria Barry explore the supernatural interests of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

DEAD RECKONERS

Three more famous spiritualist adherents

LORE OF THE LAND

The British landscape is fertile with centuries of folklore, from sprites and giants to witches and ravens. These tales may bear little relation to reality – but, writes Francis Young, they continue to define British identities today

A unique Caribbean voice

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