The most recent issue of BBC History Magazine, likely available free through your local public library subscription to PressReader, has these feature articles those I particularly enjoyed are highlighted:
Sparta’s last stand
Did 300 warriors really defy a mighty Persian army in 480 BC? Andrew Bayliss investigates
Belgian refugees
Alison S Fell relates the experiences of the thousands of Belgians who fled to Britain during the First World War
Medieval genius
Seb Falk argues that the Middle Ages were a hotbed of scientific ingenuity
Sherlock Holmes in skirts
Elizabeth Evens on the pioneering policewomen who snared criminals in turn-of-the-century New York
Europe’s nightmare
Michael Rowe argues that the Franco-Prussian War had an immense impact on the modern world
Fake news and Nazis
Richard J Evans considers what Nazi conspiracy theories can tell us about the Third Reich
Black trailblazers
Angelina Osborne profiles seven black pioneers whose contributions to British history deserve a wider hearing
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We subscribe to the physical magazine, and recycle it through 3 friends here --- all of whom are enthusiastic even if they get it months later. It also has an online History Extra online worth checking out.
Happy Thanksgiving, John.
Gail B
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