BBC History Magazine
30 October, 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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The execution of policy
Royals, radicals and rebels
“women are entirely excluded from nation-building, yet the ultimate emblem of the nation is a woman”
From sexual orgies to satan incarnated as a snake, lurid depictions of ‘voodoo’ in north america long titillated and shocked readers. as david g cox explains, they were also wielded as justifications for racist oppression during the social and political upheavals of the 19th-century us
Just how many bayeux tapestries were there?
The nazis’ war of words
Five things you (probably) didn’t know about… the tudors
He came, he saw… he crucified pirates
Q&a
Spain’s miracle
Margaret beaufort schemer or opportunist?
The rightful king
