January 2022

Expert history articles from the January 2022 issue of BBC History Magazine

Statue of William Wallace in Aberdeen

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Traitor or FaithfulBritish history's most notorious treason cases

Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert and Edward Jenner

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My history heroDame Sarah Gilbert chooses Edward Jenner. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Emily Soldene, actress, writer and rebel

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Emily Soldene: actress, writer, rebel. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

BBC employees at work in the control room at the new home at Broadcasting House (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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BBC at 100Broadcasting House: a new home for the BBC. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Queen Victoria in 1861

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Queen of spies? Inside Queen Victoria’s secret intelligence network. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration of King Louis IX.

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A king of fire and light: Louis IX's tangled legacy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

British army soldiers face off against a group of Irish civilians

20th Century

Why we should remember…Bloody Sunday

School photo showing rows of children from a Manchester school

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Did Britain really roar in the 1920s?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A group of BBC staff surround a large piece of broadcasting equipment

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BBC at 100The BBC begins: how a group of radio pioneers launched one of Britain's most famous institutions. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Michael Wood on the Parthenon Sculptures"The case is unique: the sculptures are bound up with Greek identity". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.