Accessibility Links

The official website for BBC History Magazine, BBC History Revealed and BBC World Histories Magazine

  1. Home
  2. February 2010

February 2010

Articles from the February 2010 issue of BBC History Magazine

A ship in a storm
Georgian

How did Britain come to rule the waves?

The Alfred Jewel: gold, rock, crystal and enamel
Period

Objects of affection

Siegfried Sassoon
First World War

My history hero: Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967)

Advertisement
A portrait of King Charles I
Period

Charles I’s secret agent

A portrait of Oliver Cromwell
Stuart

Putting words into Cromwell’s mouth

Sunbathers enjoy some fun and games at a tennis court near a lido at Castle Mill, Cheshire, August 1936
20th Century

The 1930s: When the future looked bright

The Charge of the Light Brigade
Victorian

Peaceful war: was the 19th century a time of relative peace?

Richard I on a Chertsey tile
Medieval

The Library Richard I on crusade

Arundel castle at dawn
Medieval

Where history happened: Stephen and Matilda

Advertisement