WELCOME JUNE 2022

1909 SEATS FOR WOMEN

GETTY IMAGES In 1909, New York City transport

1937 LET THEM EAT CAKE

GETTY IMAGES For this group of children visiting

1922 A PRECOCIOUS TALENT

ALAMY A chess superstar at just 10 years

THINGS WE LEARNED THIS MONTH...

RECENT HISTORY HEADLINES THAT CAUGHT OUR EYE

Historic gardener

MEET THE PEOPLE BRINGING THE PAST TO LIFE

The Globe theatre burns to the ground

ANNIVERSARIES THAT HAVE MADE HISTORY

PARANORMAL COLD CASE

INVESTIGATING HISTORY’S MOST SPINE-CHILLING ENCOUNTERS

The Monmouth Rebellion

YOUR BRIEF EXPLAINER TO HISTORY’S HOT TOPICS

The struggles that made Charles Dickens

THE LIVES OF HISTORY’S MOST FAMOUS FIGURES

Q&A YOU ASK, WE ANSWER

HISTORY’S GREATEST CONUNDRUMS AND MYSTERIES SOLVED

THE AGE OF THE PHARAOHS

We chart nearly 3,000 years of pharaonic rule – from the reigning dynasties, to key moments in ancient Egyptian history

EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT EGYPTIAN PHARAOHS

Professor Joyce Tyldesley answers key questions about Egypt’s ancient rulers and the power they wielded

EGYPT’S MOST POWERFUL WOMEN

Men weren’t the only people to help shape one of the most remarkable civilisations of the ancient world

LIFE AS A PHARAOH

They ruled over ancient Egypt and were immortalised by their tombs and statues, but what was life really like at the top?

SERVING THE PHARAOH

The rulers of ancient Egypt certainly had plenty of people at their beck and call

TUTANKHAMUN

6 THINGS YOU (PROBABLY) DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT

THE TOMB OF THE BOY KING

The discovery of Tutankhamun’s final resting place, in 1922, remains one of history’s greatest finds

ENSURING A LEGACY

From temples to tombs, bigger was definitely better in the eyes of the pharaohs and their gods

THE MEN WHO RULED ANCIENT EGYPT

You’ve heard of King Tutankhamun, but do you know the stories of these six other notable male rulers?

THE QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY

Ensuring a good life after death was a pressing concern for Egypt’s ancient rulers, whose tombs reached monumental new heights

BOOKS OF THE DEAD

When it came to navigating the afterlife, Egyptians had a trusty tome to which they could turn

GET HOOKED

If we’ve whetted your appetite for ancient Egyptian pharaohs, why not explore the topic further with our pick of books, films, podcasts and TV and radio programmes

A–Z OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II

As Her Majesty marks 70 years on the throne, we take an alphabetical look back at the story of her life and reign

WHAT GREAT PAINTINGS SAY

American Gothic by Grant Wood, 1930

YOU’RE BARRED!

Throughout history, women have faced barriers and discrimination in virtually every area of daily life. We explore eight of the most unusual bans imposed on members of the ‘fairer sex’ in Britain and beyond – and how they were finally revoked

WHAT IF... OLIVER CROMWELL’S SON HAD NEVER BEEN NAMED LORD PROTECTOR?

Professor Peter Gaunt tells Nige Tassell why a more capable leader than Richard Cromwell might have secured the long-term future of England’s republic – but not necessarily forever

TV, FILM & RADIO

THE LATEST DOCUMENTARIES, BLOCKBUSTERS AND PERIOD DRAMAS

EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS

WHAT TO SEE AND WHERE TO VISIT IN THE WIDER WORLD OF HISTORY

BOOKS & PODCASTS

THIS MONTH’S BEST HISTORICAL READS AND LISTENS

HISTORICAL FICTION

Elizabeth of York: The Last White Rose By

CROSSWORD

TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR HISTORICAL PUZZLE EVERY ISSUE

LETTERS

MAIN: Famous southpaw Terence Crawford (right) fights Shawn

PHOTO FINISH

ARRESTING IMAGES FROM THE ANNALS OF THE PAST