Today Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara is best known as one of the 20th century’s most iconic images. But the events of the Cuban Revolution, in which he was a key figure 60 years ago, would have wide-reaching consequences – including almost bringing about a third world war. So how and why did the Cuban Revolution come to pass, and what were the factors that made it such a global affair, with superpowers going eyeball to eyeball? The story unfolds from page 56.
Rewind a few hundred years, and the superpowers of England and Scotland also faced off, as two queens – Elizabeth I of England and Mary Queen of Scots – went from being cousins on friendly terms to bitter rivals. Their relationship dived to the point where one would see the other executed. Tracy Borman unravels the true story on page 28.