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Letter from the Editor

Think of the Vikings, and the image that generally springs

Viking Explorers

Though they might have a reputation as barbaric heathens, the

Snapshots

Dragging this large, aluminium sphere through the snow takes a

I Read the News Today

During the French Wars of Religion (1562-98), the court of

Yesterday’s Papers

The nuclear disaster released several hundred times more radiation than

The Extraordinary Tale of...

For nearly 40 years, she was queen of the ballet

Graphic History

On 27 April 1521, Portuguese sailor Ferdinand Magellan died in

What Happened Next...

As US and Soviet soldiers posed forphotos like this, British

Easter Rising, 1916

Having been designed in 1848, the Irish tricolour was still

Timeline

Chart the rise of these ambitious explorers, from their first-ever

The History Makers: Haile Selaisse

Armed with a thick wad of papers, a diminutive, middle-aged

The Man Who Wrote History

£1 The amount the First Folio (see page 56) of

In Pictures: D-Day inventions

On 6 June 1944, D-Day, the meticulously planned Operation Overlord

Top 10: Oddest taxes

As Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland, Oliver Cromwell

Battlefield: Lexington and Concord

Because the majority of contemporary muskets didn’t have rifled barrels,

Great Adventures: Escape to Mount Kenya

When amateur mountaineer Felice Benuzzi first laid eyes on Mount

Ask the Experts

Social historian, genealogist and author of Mr Darcy’s Guide to

In a Nutshell

With relations between the West and East on a knife’s

How Did They do That?

As its influence in the known world spread, Rome transformed

On our Radar

Runs 16 April to 12 March 2017 at the Victoria

Past Lives

Late one night in August 1843, William Rees was rudely

Books

There is so much written about the ‘Virgin Queen’, Elizabeth

Letters

I enjoyed your article (The Big Story: The War at

A-Z of History

Towards the end of her life, the ever-increasing circumference of