June 2022 issue of BBC History Magazine out now!

Lives less ordinary 

Lucy Worsley tells the story of three outwardly unremarkable women caught up in pivotal events in British history

War without end

Elisabeth Leake argues that the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 triggered a series of conflicts that continue to haunt the nation today

A cultural institution 

In the sixth part of our series on the BBC's history, David Hendy describes how the corporation tried to scale the peaks of "high culture"

Jubilees through the ages

Tracy Borman reveals how three of Elizabeth II's predecessors marked significant anniversaries on the throne

The big questions of the Black Death

Monica H Green tells Ellie Cawthorne how science is transforming our understanding of the lethal pandemic

The Elizabethan mind

Helen Hackett explores how people in the 16th century tried to untangle the mysteries of the human psyche

Raised by wolves

Richard Sugg recounts the strange and often disturbing experiences of children who lived in the wild

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