BBC History Magazine
16 April 2025
BBC History is Britain's best selling history magazine devoted to history enthusiasts of all levels of knowledge and interest. Published 13 times a year, BBC History magazine brings history to life with informative, lively and entertaining features written by the world's leading historians and journalists.
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A model of innovation
Higher purpose
Killer headlines
Stream of consciousness
Fire from the sky
“she said: ‘if you represent pinochet in this case, i will divorce you’”
Egypt’s grape expectations
When blight began devastating potato crops across ireland in 1845, british officials immediately recognised the dangers. and yet, within six years, the great famine had caused the deaths of at least 1 million people. this is the story of how tangled anglo-irish relations and a profound devotion to market forces turned a crisis into a national catastrophe.
It was the shot heard around the world... but who fired it?
A timeless love story?
A year to remember
