March 2012

Articles from the March 2012 issue of BBC History Magazine

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Where history happened: Tudor courtiers with Suzannah Lipscomb

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17th-century nuns on the run

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A big day in history: Gilbert and Sullivan unveil ‘The Mikado’

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Britain’s medieval identity crisis

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Ye Olde Travel Guide: Bahamas 1718

'Tirpitz' hiding in a Norwegian fjord in 1942. “She outclassed anything in the British fleet,” says Patrick Bishop. (Getty Images)

Second World War

The Second World War: sinking the Tirpitz

The shrapnel and segment shells, invented by English army officer Henry Shrapnel, (1761 - 1842). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The triumph of the redcoats

Hard labour: a woman tarring and flinting in Oxford Street, central London, 1919. (Getty Images)

First World War

The Library “Our Excess Girls": women after the First World War

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Hold your noses – it’s the Elizabethans!

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My history hero: Ernest Bevin (1881-1951)

AXDC2T The Biddenden Charity Dole Kent UK 2008 Easter Monday. Also know as Chulkhurst Charity after Elisa & Mary Chulkhurst 1100-1134. Image shot 2008. Exact date unknown.

Q&A: What are the Easter treats known as Biddenden cakes?