BEATING THE BLACK DEATH

WELCOME MARCH 2020

The Black Death is one of the most well-known -

THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF ARTHUR CRAVAN

3 Complements the 10-part BBC Radio 3 series The Escape

WARS OF THE ROSES THE LAST BATTLE STOKE FIELD, 16 JUNE 1487

Henry VII may have won the crown at Bosworth in

NUCLEAR TESTING

The atomic age dawns at 5.29am on 16 July 1945

FROM BALLROOM TO BATTLEFIELD

If it wasn’t for the chaos caused by an uninvited

HOW THE NAZIS STOLE THE SWASTIKA

Heinrich Schliemann’s methods of excavation at the ancient city of

TOP10 BOTCHED EXECUTIONS

Being the right-hand man of Henry VIII was a dangerous

WHAT IF... ...THE SPANISH ARMADA HAD LANDED?

King Philip II of Spain ordered his ‘invincible’ fleet to

SNAPSHOTS: HISTORY IN COLOUR

Kitty Brunell triumphs in the second ever Royal Automobile Club

THINGS WE LEARNED THIS MONTH....

A 15th-century ship, found near Newport, is thought to be

Henry VIII impersonator

I Because I look like this! I tried being George

The Rillington Place Strangler faces justice

It’s possible that Christie committed other murders - he had

The Eiffel Tower is completed

On 31 March 1889, after two years, two months and

YEAR IN FOCUS....

In February 1685, near the present-day town of Inez, French

National Service in Britain

WHAT WAS IT, AND WHEN WAS IT IN EFFECT IN

Q&A YOU ASK, WE ANSWER

Perhaps, but we’re not sure. Much like the mythos of

TV, FILM & RADIO

The title of the Biggest Fibs strand is misleadingly throwaway

EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS

The kimono - the elaborate and colourful national dress of

BRITAIN’S TREASURES

1 Kensington Palace was once a modest mansion in a

BOOKS & AUDIO BOOKS

Seventy-five years ago, in the dying days of World War

HISTORICAL FICTION....

Very little is known about the only son of playwright

LETTERS

Are we now celebrating the ‘art of taxidermy’? (The Weird

PHOTO FINISH

For centuries, women have accompanied their soldier husbands and fathers