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In this issue

Britain v extremism
Alwyn Turner explores why, while autocratic regimes dominated interwar Europe, Britons chose a moderate pat

The woman who rescued Welsh mythology
One remarkable Victorian collector left a peerless legacy of folk tales and art.

How empires end
Writing 250 years after The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Guy de la Bédoyère asks what Gibbon’s epic can teach us today

Victorian murder mystery
Lucy Worsley investigates a series of grisly killings that shocked London in the time of Jack the Ripper

Off-piste Olympics
London’s Winter Games in 1908 was a curious affair, yet sowed the seeds for future spectacles, says Martin Polley

Our age of killing
Clifton Crais argues that firearms and finance converged to create an economy based on death

History Extra Magazine Description:

Publisher: Immediate-Media

Category: Education

Language: English

Frequency: Monthly

BBC History Magazine is Britain’s bestselling 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. Whether it is the history of our politics and institutions, or the fascinating stories of our private lives through the ages, BBC History Magazine sheds new light on the past and helps make more sense of today’s world.Covering the latest new developments in history and archaeology from Britain and around the world, the latest, most thought provoking historical research and strong links with TV and radio programming maximizing use of BBC’s existing expertise in the genre.