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Letter from the Editor

Mention the Spanish Armada and the mental image evoked is

The Spanish Armada

Across the water, a single burning light moved through the

Snapshots

On a bright 22 June 1897, the churchyard of St

I Read the News Today

The dram-guzzling father of Scotch whisky was 15th-c friar John

Yesterday’s Papers

The Soviet Union took a comfortable early lead in the

Graphic History

On 1 June 1935, driving tests were made compulsory in

What Happened Next...

Several passengers had been held in German concentration camps –

The Extraordinary Tale of...

When his train derails while crossin g a brid g

Top 10: Animals on trial

When Frenchman Jacques Ferron was caught copulating with a female

The Big Story: Celts in Britain

Portrayed by the Romans as savage and uncivilised – and

Need to Know

The Greeks called them ‘Keltoi’ or ‘Galatians’, while the Romans

Timeline: The Evolution of Celtic Britain

The beginning of the Iron Age in Britain. The first

The Mad Monk Rasputin

Mysterious powers and eyes able to hypnotise; a penchant for

JFK, Sinatra and the Mob

Frank Sinatra was angry. Livid. Livid enough to take an

In Pictures: Apartheid

A group of children stare out from behind the barbed-wire

Great Adventures: Over the Arctic by Balloon

A mid the Heroic Age of Polar Exploration, at the

Ask the Experts

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

In a Nutshell

The decade-long global economic downturn, which became known as the

How Did They do That?

Ancient Egyptians believed that eternal life after death could be

Britain’s Treasures…

Sir Tomas Bodley, a fellow of Oxford University’s Merton College

Past Lives

One day in May 1912, eight-year-old Grace Griffin, along with

Books

The Long Weekend: Life in the English Country House Between

Letters

I am writing to you in response to a letter

A-Z of History

In 1928, American inventor Otto Rohwedder announced the best thing