History of War
HITLER'S TIGER ACE
Michael Wittmann, aka the Black Baron, was a hugely successful panzer commander and propaganda icon for the Nazis. His role in the Waffen-SS left a dark legacy
10+ min |
Issue 104, 2022
History of War
DOWNFALL - THE INVASION OF JAPAN
Without a swift end to the war in sight, the Allies planned a gruelling campaign on the Japanese home islands – a potentially costly operation avoided only by the use of nuclear weapons and Japan’s surrender
3 min |
Issue 104, 2022
History of War
AMERICA'S FIRST COMMANDER IN CHIEF
A Founding Father, military hero of the revolution and the nation’s first president – but how much of his story is fact, and how much fiction?
10+ min |
Issue 104, 2022
BBC History Magazine
Lodging with Mozart (and Shelley, Franklin and Byron)
It may seem strange in our home-owning obsessed times, but thousands of Georgians – from modest milliners to world-famous poets – chose renting a room over gaining a toehold on the property ladder. Gillian Williamson explains why
10 min |
March 2022
BBC History Magazine
In Search of Unity
Richard Jevans is unconvinced by a new study that is focused on the idea of finishing the “European project” and based on the testimonies of esteemed thinkers over the centuries
4 min |
March 2022
BBC History Magazine
The Good Fight
Diane Atkinson applauds an insightful and inspiring history of political and social action by women around the turn of the 19th century
2 min |
March 2022
BBC Countryfile Magazine
Discover Slate Country
The epic ruins of North Wales’ once-great slate industry are now a Unesco World Heritage Site. Julie Brominicks marvels at the spectacle
10 min |
March 2022
BBC History Magazine
Alfred Fagon - A Unique Caribbean Voice
Having migrated from Jamaica as a teenager, Alfred Fagon emerged as a powerful playwright who created African-Caribbean characters to speak truths about the challenges facing black people in Britain. Stephen Bourne introduces a writer who helped transform black British theatre in the 1970s and 80s
5 min |
February 2022
BBC History Magazine
What Makes a Greek?
Michael Scott enjoys an informed and entertaining journey through the history of Greek-speaking people, but takes issue with the framing of the book
2 min |
February 2022
BBC History Magazine
A National Institution
As it approached its second decade, the BBC's happy-go-lucky attitude was fading fast. And, as David Hendy reveals in the second instalment of our 13-part series tracing the corporation's cultural impact, the government was now taking a keen interest
6 min |
February 2022
Royal Britain Presents Royal Life
The Tower of London in Bloom
If you're able to get to London this year then why not come and celebrate the space and Queen at the Tower of London, where a spectacular, colourful, vibrant field of flowers will fill and transform the Tower's moat.
1 min |
Issue 55
BBC History Magazine
Fight for a Nation
Costas Douzinas on a study of the revolution by which Greece freed itself from the Ottoman empire and was transformed into a self-ruling nation-state
3 min |
January 2022
BBC History Magazine
Battle of Wills
Mark White commends a wide-ranging investigation into the psychological dimensions of the Cold War and the crucial role fear played in shaping American and Soviet strategies
5 min |
January 2022
BBC History Magazine
Emily Soldene - Actress, writer, rebel
As the darling of London’s opera scene, and then as a journalist printing scandalous revelations about the cream of society, Emily Soldene thrived in the limelight. HELEN BATTEN explains why this trendsetting, rule-breaking, genre-hopping Victorian celebrity deserves to take centre stage once more
7 min |
January 2022
BBC Countryfile Magazine
Meet the boss
Ever wondered who is behind the scenes, bringing the nation’s most popular factual programme to our screens every week? Annabel Ross meets Countryfile’s series editor Jane Lomas
5 min |
January 2022
BBC Countryfile Magazine
Sara Maitland
Snobby social attitudes undervalue manual labour – especially in the countryside
2 min |
January 2022
Newsweek Europe
God Save The Queen
It will be a mess when she’s gone
10+ min |
December 03, 2021
Reader's Digest UK
Books That Changed My Life
Candice Carty-Williams’ Sunday Times Bestseller Queenie was one of the best-loved books of last year’s lockdown. Her new novel, Empress & Aniya is available in paperback and on Audible (published by Knights Of)
2 min |
November 2021
BBC History Magazine
Windows Onto History
From the glittering stained glass in medieval cathedrals to modernist high-rises, windows have illuminated our buildings for centuries. But, argues Rachel Hurdley, the presenter of a new BBC Radio 4 documentary on the history of windows, they can also shed light on the past
8 min |
November 2021
Ancient Egypt
INSIDE THE STEP PYRAMID OF DJOSER
Sean McLachlan explores the recently reopened interior of this iconic Third Dynasty Saqqara monument.
2 min |
July/ August 2021
Ancient Egypt
PER MESUT: for younger readers
She Who Loves Silence
4 min |
July/ August 2021
Ancient Egypt
Highlights of the Manchester Museum 29: An Offering by Queen Tiye for her Husband
Campbell Price describes an offering table with a touching significance.
2 min |
July/ August 2021
The Oldie Magazine
What is... a nail house?
Don’t confuse a nail house with a nail parlour. A nail house is an old house that survives as new building development goes on all around it.
2 min |
July 2021
The Oldie Magazine
Kent's stairway to heaven
Walter Barton May’s Hadlow Castle is the ultimate Gothic folly
4 min |
July 2021
The Oldie Magazine
Pursuits
Pursuits
10+ min |
July 2021
The Oldie Magazine
The book that changed the world
On Marcel Proust’s 150th anniversary, A N Wilson praises his masterpiece, an exquisite comedy with no parallel
6 min |
July 2021
The Oldie Magazine
RIP the playboys of the western world
Charlie Methven mourns his dashing former father-in-law, Luis ‘the Bounder’ Basualdo, last of a dying breed
5 min |
July 2021
The Oldie Magazine
Arts
Arts
10+ min |
July 2021
The Oldie Magazine
My film family's greatest hits
Downton Abbey producer Gareth Neame follows in the footsteps of his father, grandfather and great-grandmother, a silent-movie star
8 min |
July 2021
The Oldie Magazine
Books
Books
10+ min |