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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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.
Egypt’s grape expectations
“she said: ‘if you represent pinochet in this case, i will divorce you’”
Fire from the sky
Stream of consciousness
War of words
The other peasants’ revolt
The original macaroni cheese
A model of innovation
Robert fitzroy 1805–65
