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Battle of Verdun. French trench on the front lines, 1916. (Photo by Roger Viollet/Getty Images)

First World War

7 things you (probably) didn’t know about Verdun

BBC History Magazine March 2019 issue

March 2019 issue of BBC History Magazine out now!

Rogues' gallery: Images of criminals incarcerated in prisons including Wormwood Scrubs and Newcastle City Gaol, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Their crimes included stealing clothes, money, boots, and leather. Recent research into Victorian mugshot books – and increasing digital access to court and prison records – offers a different picture of Victorian criminality to the one painted by writers such as Charles Dickens, argues Heather Shore. (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)

Dark secrets of the Victorian Underworld: did hardened criminals stalk Britain’s cities?

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The Shaftesbury Welcome Ragged School in Battersea , 1899. Classes of 40 were not rare, and they could stretch to 80 during staff shortages. (Photo by Mary Evans)

Class warfare: a day in the life of a Victorian schoolchild

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Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, last Shah of Iran, pictured in 1967 with his third wife, Farah Diba, and their son Reza. His attempted reforms during his final years in power alienated many of his nation's people. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

The Iranian Revolution: why 1979’s uprising still shapes the Middle East

Roman mosaic of a dog, bearing the legend 'Cave Canem' underneath, from Pompeii, from Naples National Museum's collection, 1st century. (Photo by CM Dixon/Print Collector/Getty Images)

6 things you (probably) didn’t know about animals in ancient Rome

Portrait of King Henry VI by an unknown artist. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

The miracle of Henry VI: how the weak medieval king became a ‘saint’

George Washington

American presidents: 9 things you (probably) didn’t know

Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle. (Photo by BBC/Douglas Road Productions/Carlton Dixon)

History TV and radio: what’s on next week? (16–22 February 2019)

Fidel Castro addresses delegates of the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York, September 1960. (Photo by Tommy Weber/AFP/Getty Images)

How should history remember Fidel Castro?

London schoolboys on strike, Shoreditch, September 1911. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

The 1911 schoolchildren strikes

A man helps his partner to dress by lacing her corset. (Photo by Frank Martin)

Love in Georgian times

Contrasting biographies of iconic leader Winston Churchill show how perceptions of historical figures change with the passing of time, says David Cannadine. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Second World War

Why Churchill’s reputation is still on the line

A c1610 portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots, a "charming and ill-fated woman brought down by forces beyond her control". (DeAgostini/Getty Images)

The Library The downfall of Mary, Queen of Scots