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Apr-22
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WELCOME
APRIL 2022 "Shortly before we went to press
THIS ISSUE’S CONTRIBUTORS
Marisa Linton “The French Revolution was founded on
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Q&A
A selection of historical conundrums answered by experts
This month in history
NEWS COMMENT ANNIVERSARIES
The 5,000-year-old drumshaped artefact is thought to have
TALKING POINTS
The long, long 19th century
Immigration to Orkney “dominated by women”
Neolithic houses in Orkney, built over 5,000 years
HISTORY IN THE NEWS
A selection of the stories hitting the history headlines
"Russian nationalists have always felt betrayed by Ukraine"
There is nothing new about the tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Ukrainians have been trying to disentangle themselves from Russia for more than a century, but it has always refused to let go
ANNIVERSARIES
HELEN CARR highlights events that took place in April in history
WHY WE SHOULD REMEMBER…
30 APRIL 1952 The translation of Anne Frank’s
"The Arthur myth is British-Celtic history as people dreamed it was"
WHY MY THOLOGY PREVAILS OVER REALITY Michael Wood
LETTERS
An 18th-century portrait of Lady Montagu, whose scientific
FEATURES
1942 CHURCHILL’S DARKEST HOUR
If 1940 was the year in which Winston Churchill’s reputation was forged, 1942 was the one in which it was almost destroyed. Taylor Downing chronicles a terrible period for the prime minister – both on the battlefield and in the court of public opinion
THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF BRITAIN
Charles I was dead, Oliver Cromwell was on the rise, and a nation was grappling with a strange new reality – one without a monarchy. Anna Keay tells the story of the 1650s, through the eyes of three of the people who helped shape Britain’s republican decade
"We decide for ourselves who we think we are – and museums are central to that"
In his new BBC Radio 4 series, curator and broadcaster Neil MacGregor explores the changing role of Britain’s museums. He explains to Matt Elton why these venues are more vital now than ever
How Napoleon (almost) destroyed the French Revolution
The Corsican general proclaimed himself a defender of republican ideals – while doing all he could to dismantle them
AN ISLAND MYSTERY
Three centuries ago, when European explorers first sighted the Pacific island of Rapa Nui, it was home to a thriving population and hundreds of haunting moai statues. But, within a few generations, the landscape was decimated and its population in sharp decline. So what happened? Cat Jarman untangles
“Mary Seacole never aspired to be a pioneer of women’s nursing. It is only in recent decades that we have invested her with this status”
Helen Rappaport, who has spent 20 years researching Mary Seacole’s life, argues that the Jamaican healer’s transformation into a modern cultural icon has obscured the real woman
Mirroring multicultural Britain
From its inception the BBC has featured entertainers of colour, but they were often reduced to “exotic” attractions. DAVID HENDY explores how the corporation tried to include diverse voices, from the 1930s to the postwar years
Books
BOOKS
TUDOR “Hunter o ers a tantalising glimpse into
“Suleyman was just as bellicose as his father, if not as gratuitously cruel”
CHRISTOPHER DE BELLAIGUE talks to Rhiannon Davies about his book charting the early years of Suleyman the Magnificent’s reign, when the sultan had to navigate the deadly machinations of the Ottoman court as well as battle Christian powers
The brutish empire
IMPERIAL
One minute to midnight
JOHN FM CLARK appraises a hard-hitting study of contemporary climate change, exploring how science, business and public perception have become dangerously misaligned
Stitch in time
NICOLA TALLIS commends a bold biography of Mary, Queen of Scots that uses textiles to tell the doomed monarch’s story
Courage under occupation
SECOND WORLD WAR
Inside the ivory tower
Not Far From Brideshead: Oxford Between the Wars
Set in stone
The Castle: A History by John Goodall Yale,
Encounters
The monarchy’s masterpieces
DIARY: VISIT / WATCH / LISTEN / TASTE
Eastern treasures
An astonishing 62-plate samurai helmet, made in 1537,
Memories of war
Forty years ago this April, British forces sailed
Gang stars
Some of the real “Peaky Blinders”, gang members
The polymath as statesman
Benjamin Franklin’s achievements and complexities are revealed in
HISTORY ON THE AIRWAVES
“It’s important to document ordinary lives as well as the changing political and social context”
HISTORY COOKBOOK
This traditional tart makes a perfect Easter breakfast
Stony splendour
EXPLORE… THE SHELDONIAN THEATRE, OXFORD
Parliaments, paintings and power
TRAVEL TO… THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
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