The fight for gay rights in the US can be traced back to Stonewall in 1969
For most of us, when we think of the Wild West, we imagine gunslinging cowboys, dusty prairies and swinging saloon bar doors – not to mention rolling tumbleweed. But was the American West really all that wild? It’s a question explored in our cover feature from page 52.
From the Wild West to Bletchley Park, we’ll also be telling the stories of the remarkable women whose essential work helped break the Enigma Code in World War II (p63 ), as well as exploring the terrors of the French Revolution – through seven severed heads!(p28 ). This month is also the 50th anniversary of New York’s Stonewall riots – one of the most significant global landmarks in the fight for gay rights. Read the full story from page 37.