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September 2017

Articles from the September 2017 issue of BBC History Magazine

Floral tributes to Diana, Princess of Wales, outside Kensington Palace. (Photo by Liba Taylor/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
20th Century

Princess Diana: when grief gripped a nation

A portrait of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert with five of their nine children, by Frederick Winterhalter. (Photo by © Historical Picture Archive/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
Victorian

Victoria and Albert: a marriage of misery?

Miniature from an Apocalypse of Cambrai depicting the opening of the sixth seal: an earthquake occurs and the sun becomes black. Municipal library, Cambrai, France. (Photo by Leemage/Corbis via Getty Images)
General ancient history

Written in the stars: 7 celestial events that may have changed history

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A councillor and architects discuss plans for the Moss Heights development in Glasgow, 1953. Proponents of high-rise flats believed that they would provide
20th Century

The Library Have high-rises ever been the answer to our housing woes?

View of the Cathedral Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, Italy. (Getty Images)
Period

My favourite place: Florence, Italy

West Indian immigrants arrive at Victoria Station, London, following their journey from Southampton Docks. Originally published in ‘Picture Post’, 1956. (Photo by Haywood Magee/Getty Images)
20th Century

Clair Wills on immigrants

Illustration of Johnny Hopper by Stavros Damos
Second World War

The Library A nerveless Nazi-killer

Italian writer Primo Levi sitting at a desk in his study. Turin, 1981. (Photo by Sergio del GrandeMondadori PortfolioMondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)
Second World War

My history hero: Primo Levi (1919–87)

Addington and Napoleon facing each other across a narrow channel, from a caricature by James Gillray. Illustration from the magazine ‘The Graphic’, 9 July 1881. (Getty Images)
General Modern

Britain and France: the best of enemies

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The battle of Dover, 24 August 1217, (image c1880). (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)
Medieval

The devil’s monk

Detail of the carved portal of Hylestad stave church, 12th century. (Photo by Werner Forman/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)
Viking

The lost battles of Viking Britain

Kew Palace was a residence of George III and Queen Charlotte during his reign from 1760. (Jack Taylor/Getty Images)
Georgian

History Explorer: The decline of George III

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Period

History Hot 100 results 2017: What the experts say

Illustrations: Andy Tuohy / Design: Rachel Dickens
Medieval

History Hot 100 results: the historical figures who fascinated you most in 2017

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Period

My favourite place: Florence