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Inside the March 2024 issue of BBC History Magazine, on sale now...
Elizabeth v Mary
Nicola Tallis chronicles the sibling rivalry that soured the relationship between these two Tudor queens
The wheelbarrow craze
What drove Victorians to race hand carts from one end of Britain to the other? David Musgrove investigates
Five things you (probably) didn’t know about… the Vikings
Ryan Lavelle reveals five fascinating facts about the Scandinavian raiders, traders and explorers
Knights! Camera! Action!
Robert Bartlett dissects Hollywood’s longstanding obsession with movies inspired by the Middle Ages
Who shot JFK?
Rob Attar on the enduring power of conspiracy theories, from the Knights Templar to the murder of a president
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The Bengal famine
Kavita Puri tells the story of one of the darkest episodes in the modern history of the Indian subcontinent
The ancient world’s greatest city
Islam Issa reveals how Alexandria became a global powerhouse
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