In our December 2025 issue, on sale 30 October 2025

Legendary women

Janina Ramirez argues that celebrated figures like Joan of Arc and Isabella of Castile have been misrepresented throughout history

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Nazi propaganda

Lisa Pine examines how the Third Reich used posters to reinforce both its policies and its rule

An absent mother?

Lauren Johnson revisits the relationship between Margaret Beaufort and the future Henry VII

Young Caesar

David Potter contends that we need to take a fresh look at the Roman leader’s early life

Dictator to democracy

Paul Preston reveals how Spain moved on from Franco’s authoritarian regime

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The surprising Tudors

Ruth Goodman shares five things you probably didn’t know about the 16th century

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