April 2012

Articles from the April 2012 issue of BBC History Magazine

Codebreakers work in Hut 3 at Bletchley Park during the Second World War

Second World War

Alan Turing was not the only star of Bletchley Park

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The Library The dangerous streets of ancient Rome

Combat between Romans and Barbarians. Romano-British relief. 2nd cent.
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The Roman invasion: Whose side were the Britons on?

(Illustration by Jonty Clark for BBC History Magazine)

Ye olde travel guide: Hedeby AD 950

The Queen's silver jubilee took place in 1977. (Photo by Tim Graham/Getty Images)

Why the Seventies still matter

Richard II, led captive by Henry Bolingbroke (later Henry IV), renounces the throne in Jean Creton's 'Histoire du Roy d'Angleterre Richard II' (1401-05). (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Richard II: “I find myself a traitor”

British prime minister Margaret Thatcher is portrayed as pirate in an Argentine newspaper from 30 April 1982.(Photo by Alain Nogues/Sygma via Getty Images)

The Library Sir Max Hastings: Witness to the Falklands War

The RMS Titanic. (Image by Perspectives/Getty Images)

Where history happened: The Titanic disaster

The death of Aelfeah at the hands of the Danes, portrayed in a window of St Luke's church, Bath. (Photo by: MyLoupe/UIG via Getty Images)

St Ælfheah: Canterbury’s other martyr

Sue Townsend admires Charles Dickens (pictured c1960) for his battles against social injustice. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

My history hero: Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

Maximilien Robespierre (shown in a c1792 portrait) continues to divide opinion to this day. (Photo by: Christophel Fine Art/UIG via Getty Images)

Books interview: A Man of the Terror