Christmas 2013

Articles from the Christmas 2013 issue of BBC History Magazine

ca. 2800-1500 B.C., Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK --- Tourists at Stonehenge --- Image by © Chris Hellier/Corbis

General prehistory

Stonehenge: a prehistoric tourist trap

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The lion and the rising sun: Britain and Japan’s 400-year relationship

Tom Smith's Surprise Cosaques, Christmas Crackers 1878. (Image by Getty)

The history of Christmas crackers

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My history hero: Khudadad Khan (1888-1971)

Illustration by Becca Thorne.

Deadly beasts of Tudor England

Illustration by Jonty Clark.

Ye olde travel guide: Prague 1600

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Second World War

“The worst journey in the world”: The Arctic convoys of the Second World War

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The genius of the Celts

28th September 1811: 'The Close of the Battle'. English prize fighter Tom Cribb (left) beats Virginian Tom Molineaux in their second fight at Thistleton Gap, Rutland. (Photo by Edward Gooch/Edward Gooch/Getty Images)

The ‘Black Terror’: Britain’s first black sports star

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General prehistory

Prehistoric religion: a pagan riddle we will never solve

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History explorer: the catastrophe of the Black Death