December 2015 cover

December 2015

Articles from the December 2015 issue of BBC History Magazine

James VI and I.

Was James VI and I murdered?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A photo which was believed to be of the Loch Ness Monster

The quest for the Loch Ness Monster

Britain’s first self-service supermarket, Sainsbury’s in Croydon

A brief history of shopping

Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists

The LibraryBritain’s tearoom fascists

Clay soldier statues of the Chinese Qin dynasty. (Photo by Getty Images)

The six ages of China

John F Kennedy pictured in 1957

My history hero: John F Kennedy (1917–63). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The famous Big Pit Mining Museum in South Wales

History explorer: Britain’s coal industry. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A canal in Venice, Italy

My favourite place: Venice, Italy

Statue of Napoleon I toppled

La débâcle! The aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War

Who hijacked Henry VIII’s will?

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In pictures: treasures of the Al Thani Collection

Books interview with Mary Beard. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Richard III: A hostage to fortune

My favourite place: Tracy Borman