BBC History Magazine
14 May 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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Welcome june 2025
Charles darwin receives a shock in the mail
“which historical figures will capture the imagination of a class on a rainy thursday afternoon?”
”a reader wrote in and said ‘that’s my mum!’”
Few works of 20th-century art have such a distinguished list of past owners
Samba schools used the carnival to foreground overlooked histories
The car park... duke?
Rome’s worst nightmare
“these women transformed his understanding of the world”
Q&a
Spiked drinks, counterfeit coins and the lodgers from hell
Painting on the precipice
