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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in BBC History Revealed Magazine June 2017.
Trouble with the neighbours
If you know someone called Carter, Francis or Mortimer, then you know someone with French origins. ese are just three of the hundreds of common ‘English’ names with their roots in Normandy. Br...
Snapshots
1897 LAND HO! One of Nelson’s former flagships, HMS Foudroyant, lies helpless on a Blackpool beach. Launched in 1798, she had seen some glamorous service, but was sold by the Navy to enthusiast Wheat...
I Read the News Today
Weird and wonderful, it all happened in June 1809 PEDESTRIANISM BECOMES A CRAZE
500 MILES, 500 MORE
In an ambitious wager, walking enthusiast Captain Robert Barclay Allardice bet 1,000 guineas t...
Yesterday’s Papers
The Allies launch a dramatic assault, marking the beginning of the end of the war
MIRRORPIX X1, JOHN FROST NEWSPAPERS X1, GETTY X3
READ ALL ABOUT IT The first news of D-Day came on the w...
Graphic History
For the first time, every member of every household in England and Wales surrendered their personal details to the government, setting the format for all future censuses Transforming citizens into dat...
What Happened Next...
The murder of Bobby Kennedy while he was on the campaign trail shocked the world, and set an important precedent Just five years after JFK’s death, another Kennedy is killed
1968 ROBERT KENNEDY MA...