History Extra Magazine
23 December, 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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Independent empires
“leaving muslim contributions out of european history has allowed islamophobic sentiment to flourish”
At the turn of the 12th century, two men from a staffordshire village died suddenly. their lifeless bodies were taken to the local graveyard and solemnly laid to rest… …but a few days later, they were spotted walking around the village, with their coffins on their backs
Humble heroes
Q&a
Conquest? what conquest?
Clone wars
Back from the dead
Who is the most overrated person in history?
Doña gracia a leader of europe’s jewish diaspora
Menace in the mediterranean
Breaking news
