BBC History UK 04.2020

BRITAIN’S BESTSELLING HISTORY MAGAZINE April 2020 / http://www.historyextra.com MAGAZINE THE WORLD WAR TWO SPIES WHO INSPIRED BO ...

T￿me for YOU Secret spots and hidden views, peaceful ways and garden days Find out more: northyorkmoors.org.uk/timeforyou T￿me f ...

Pamela Roberts I was once told that many black people choose not to study at the University of Oxford. This ignited my interest ...

CONTENTS 50 How pain powered one of the greats of 17th-century art 22 The heart-stopping story of Apollo 13’s battle for surviva ...

41 The colourful real-life characters who inspired the James Bond phenomenon This month in history 7 History news 10 Behind the ...

Discover the major battles of the Peninsular Warr in Spain and Portugal Learn about the pivotal moments that led to Napoleon’s d ...

LOEWENTHEIL CHINA COLLECTION Have a story? Please email Jon Bauckham at [email protected] → THIS MONTH IN HISTORY NEW ...

Join the debate at twitter.com/ historyextra AKG-IMAGES/UK PARLIAMENT TALKING POINTS Sources of inspiration HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT ...

GETTY IMAGES/WAKEFIELD COUNCIL/DURHAM UNIVERSITY-RAH PETHERBRIDGE/REUTERS → NAVAL HISTORY The mastermind behind the evacuation o ...

BANCROFT LIBRARY/GETTY IMAGES THIS MONTH IN HISTORY BACKGROUND I n the autumn of 1924, rumours began emerging from the Mexican q ...

GETTY → IMAGES tine 11 towns in Lombardy, as hundreds tested positive for the virus, has seen a run on pasta and fresh vegetable ...

On 9 May 2020, we celebrate 75 years since the Islands’ Liberation at the end of World War II. To commemorate, 75 unique heritag ...

13 I recently went up to the wet and windy Lancashire coast, with trains disrupted by floods beyond Preston, to talk to the wond ...

ANNIVERSARIES DOMINIC SANDBROOK highlights events that took place in April in history NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM, LONDON 12 APRIL ...

→ THIS MONTH IN HISTORY ANNIVERSARIES 29 APRIL 1429 Joan of Arc enters Orléans A peasant girl takes on the might of the English ...

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY ANNIVERSARIES 17 APRIL 1961 Bay of Pigs fiasco fails to oust Castro CIA attempt to spark popular revolt in ...

ALAMY → 19 APRIL 1506 Church row sparks Lisbon pogrom Around 2,000 Jews massacred after dispute over holy vision I n spring 1506 ...

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY HIDDEN HISTORIES HIDDEN HISTORIES DAVID OLUSOGA explores lesser-known stories from our past In 1916, broth ...

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ALAMY/GETTY IMAGES LETTERS LETTER OF THE MONTH Policing the pickets I’m a retired officer who served with the Metropolitan Polic ...