March 2008 cover

March 2008

Articles from the March 2008 issue of BBC History Magazine

Enoch Powell against a union jack flag

20th Century

Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech: Britain and race in the mid 20th-century

A thin section of the Great Wall of China near Beijing

General ancient history

10 facts about the Great Wall of China

An engraving from 'The Illustrated Police News', c1889, imagines Jack the Ripper

Victorian

Your guide to Jack the Ripper

the streets of London on VE Day, 8 May 1945

Membership

The unsung heroes who won the war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

BBC History Magazine

Making immigration work for Britain: what can we learn from history?