December 2015

Articles from the December 2015 issue of BBC History Magazine

Britain’s first self-service supermarket, Sainsbury’s in Croydon, opened in 1950. (Sainsbury’s)

A brief history of shopping

Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists

Britain’s tearoom fascists

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Clay soldier statues of the Chinese Qin dynasty. (Photo by Getty Images)

General ancient history

The six ages of China

John F Kennedy pictured in 1957

My history hero: John F Kennedy (1917–63)

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The famous Big Pit Mining Museum in South Wales

History explorer: Britain’s coal industry

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A canal in Venice, Italy

My favourite place: Venice, Italy

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A photo which was believed to be of the Loch Ness Monster

The quest for the Loch Ness Monster

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A 1628 engraving of the Spanish siege of the Dutch city of Breda

Was James I murdered?

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Statue of Napoleon I toppled

La débâcle! The aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War

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Henry VIII

The Library Who hijacked Henry VIII’s will?

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In pictures: treasures of the Al Thani Collection

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Sam’s historical recipe corner: A delicate chewit

Professor Mary Beard, classicist and writer. (Photo by David Levenson/Getty Images)

Books interview with Mary Beard

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Illustration by Sarah Young for BBC History Magazine

Richard III: A hostage to fortune

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