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Charlotte Hodgman
[30th January 2013 - 08.10]
To celebrate the release of our new iPad app, The Second World War Story, we recently gave you the chance to win the app for yourself, by answering...
Nigel Saul
[23rd January 2013 - 11.55]
The making of Magna Carta was a turning point in English constitutional history. The charter’s great achievement was to place the monarchy...
BBC History Magazine
[9th January 2013 - 13.55]
Put together by the team behind BBC History Magazine, The Second World War Story app for iPad explores the key events and personalities of the...
Charlotte Hodgman
[3rd January 2013 - 07.42]
The latest issue of BBC History Magazine is now on sale. In our new edition Barbara Gribling takes a closer look at Prince Edward, the chivalrous...
David Carpenter
[11th December 2012 - 12.41]
The years between 1263 and 1265 were among the most dramatic and significant in English history. They saw Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, re-...
Charlotte Hodgman
[4th December 2012 - 06.36]
The latest issue of BBC History Magazine is now on sale. In our new edition Ryan Lavelle argues that early medieval England wasn't the utopia of...
Naomi Lloyd-Jones
[27th November 2012 - 10.34]
When, in April 1886, British prime minister William Gladstone introduced a Bill to give Home Rule to Ireland, it ignited intense debate and resulted...
Charlotte Hodgman
[6th November 2012 - 10.49]
The latest issue of BBC History Magazine is now on sale. In our new edition Caroline Burt seeks to challenge the negative reputation of Edward I, the...
BBC History Magazine
[26th October 2012 - 14.51]
A special collector's edition of BBC History Magazine is now on sale, giving readers the lowdown on the global conflict that raged between 1914 and...
mattelton
[11th October 2012 - 16.14]
A set of almost a million documents recording the career of Winston Churchill is now available to explore online. The records, held in the archives...
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