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HISTORY IN THE NEWS

A selection of the stories hitting the history headlines

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BEHIND THE NEWS

"What we did before in ignorance, we now do in full knowledge"

On 24 March 1768, Gilbert White, an English country vicar at Selborne in Hampshire, made an ominous note in his diary. It was the first intimation

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HELEN CARR highlights events that took place in

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LETTERS

LETTER OF THE MONTH A stellar career After

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A selection of historical conundrums answered by experts

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SCOTTISH “Scotland is rarely out of the headlines

“Henrietta Maria has been looked at far too much through the male gaze – it’s time for another perspective”

INTERVIEW / LEANDA DE LISLE

Caledonian chronicle

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SECOND WORLD WAR

World of pain

SARAH CROOK is galvanised by a global take on changing ideas and responses to sexual violence through history

Central intelligence

20TH CENTURY

Measuring up

Am I Normal? The 200-Year Search for Normal

A tale of three cities

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ENCOUNTERS

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A mirror of the ancient world

TRAVEL TO… RHODES, GREECE

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Across 1 Great Roman writer, statesman and orator

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Singer, songwriter and composer Laura Mvula chooses 1917–

Want to know why Henry VI’s reign was such a disaster? Then look no further than his father

Henry VI fell foul of the French, his soldiers, even his own advisors. Yet, writes Lauren Johnson, his greatest enemy was the revered warrior-king who left him the throne 600 years ago

Stalingrad: the soldier’s story

Lieutenant Colonel Friedrich Roske during the Second World

Political drama

The 1956 Suez Crisis caused long-simmering tensions between the BBC and the government to boil over – and, as DAVID HENDY explores, marked the start of a shift in the relationship between politicians and the public

In 1678, Catholic assassins hatched a plot to murder Charles II…ordidthey?

VictorStater tells the story of the Popish Plot, an elaborate fake news story that reshaped British politics – and sent dozens of innocent people to the gallows

The enduring trauma of partition

In 1947, British India was split in two, sparking a wave of violence that defined the new nations for decades. On the 75th anniversary of partition, Kavita Puri looks at how subsequent generations in south Asia and the UK have come to terms with its legacy

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Enter the dragon

It’s brought its own unique brand of magic to everything from Game of Thrones to Harry Potter. But how did the modern dragon come into being? Daniel Ogden traces the six stages of the creature’s evolution in the west – from ancient serpent to medieval fire breather

THE DIG THAT CHANGED (URBAN) HISTORY

Sixty years ago, one of Britain’s most important archaeology projects was launched in Hampshire. Michael Wood reviews the groundbreaking discoveries of the dig at Winchester, once the showpiece of Alfred the Great’s royal dynasty

“For too long medieval women have been written out of history. It’s high time we put them back in”

Janina Ramirez introduces three trailblazers whose stories show that medieval women were far more than the wives, sisters and aunts of men

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