In our November 2025 issue, on sale 2 October 2025

Enemies in the Atlantic

Roger Moorhouse offers a fresh perspective on the Allied war against the Nazis’ U-boats

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Haunted by hounds

Karen Jones reveals why ghostly canines have been a long-standing fixture in Britons’ imaginations

Fighting back

Sudhir Hazareesingh describes how enslaved Africans resisted their captors in the Americas

Fake news in France

Mike Rapport examines the role of print media in the late 19th-century Dreyfus Affair

Medieval cures

James Freeman shares some intriguing methods for dealing with illness and injury in the Middle Ages

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Out of dates?

Robert Blackmore argues that our historical attention is overly focused on milestone years such as 1066, 1492 and 1815

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