History Extra Magazine
22 January, 2026
History Extra is Britain's best selling history magazine devoted to history enthusiasts of all levels of knowledge and interest. Published 13 times a year, History Extra magazine brings history to life with informative, lively and entertaining features written by the world's leading historians and journalists.
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Poor things
“i realised there was a story about the national trust that hadn’t really been told before”
How killing powered the industrial age
Off-piste olympics
By 1889, jack the ripper’s grisly murders had sparked terror across london. so when a woman’s headless, mutilated body was found beneath railway arches near the thames, a coded alert was dispatched to all metropolitan police divisions: “another whitechapel.” but her killer wasn’t jack...
Q&a
Why rome fell
What was the most important year in history – and why?
Lady charlotte schreiber extraordinary art collector
Why britain turned its back on the goose step
In defence of winston churchill
A ‘spirit photographer’ snapped abraham lincoln’s ghost
