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Rob Attar

Rob Attar

I edit HistoryExtra magazine (formerly BBC History Magazine), overseeing all the content within it and ensuring we deliver on our promise to present expert historical research in an accessible fashion. I am a regular host on the HistoryExtra podcast and present our spin-off podcast series History’s Greatest Conspiracy Theories. I also contribute to HistoryExtra.com, and help shape our output on external platforms such as AppleNews+. I studied history at the University of Bristol and then magazine journalism at the University of Cardiff. In 2004 I joined the BBC History Magazine team and have edited the magazine since 2012. I’ve also been a HistoryExtra podcast host since we launched in 2007.

Britain’s only war crimes trial. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Vichy France: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Mao’s Cultural Revolution: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Yugoslavia: the beginning of the end. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Triumph against the odds: the 1821 Greek Revolution. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How the Greeks changed the world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The CIA’s secret African missions. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Guidebook to the Ancient Egyptian afterlife

Second World War

Hitler's millionaire backers: how Germany's elite facilitated the rise of the Nazis

Life with the lions: the Tower of London menagerie. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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