November 2015

Articles from the November 2015 issue of BBC History Magazine

A Viking sword with silver and gold hilt, from Dyback, Skane. (Photo by CM Dixon/Print Collector/Getty Images)

How England rode the Viking storm

Michael Fish makes his first televised weather forecast in 1974. (Photo by Press Association)

4 facts about the history of the weather forecast

Witness Walls in West Yorkshire

History explorer: The Brontës

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Sam’s historical recipe corner: Sloe gin

Lady Margaret Douglas

Margaret Douglas: The forgotten Tudor princess

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Alice at the Mad Hatter's tea party.

In pictures: Alice in Wonderland

Gebelein Man

The big questions of ancient Egypt

A Royal Navy battle

The Royal Navy’s American disaster

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Monument to Alexander von Humboldt

Books interview with Andrea Wulf: “Alexander von Humboldt is the forgotten father of environmentalism”

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An undated portrait of Hypatia

My history hero: Hypatia (cAD 370–415)

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Bali, Indonesia

My favourite place: Bali, Indonesia

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Bletchley Park

Second World War

WW2 espionage: The spies who surprised me

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The Death of General Wolfe

The Georgian craze for popular history

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White horse of Uffington

General ancient history

Who were the Celts?

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