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POSTCARD FROM EAST YORKSHIRE
Bob Barton enjoys visiting the cheeky, extrovert uncle, and the refined but eccentric maiden aunt of the East Riding as well as the “Land’s End of Yorkshire”
REMEMBERING THE FEW
Malcolm Triggs delves into the archives to uncover fascinating facts about some of those who played a significant role in the Battle of Britain
Joining the Breakfast Club
Simon Stabler does his bit to fight food waste
No Ordinary Joe
Simon Stabler speaks to Emmerdale and Doctor Who star Frazer Hines
WHAT GREAT PAINTINGS SAY
A visual representation of the anxiety felt by the artist on a busy night in Oslo, this piece was a pivotal moment in his creative outpouring
It can appear as a 'golden age' - and one subject to much mythology
DR JOHN JACOB WOOLF ON THE LEGACY OF THE EDWARDIAN ERA
WORKERS AT WAR
In 1911, overworked and underpaid Britons downed tools and led the biggest industrial dispute the nation had ever seen
FORGOTTEN CONTRIBUTIONS
Lola Jaye reveals how Britain's black population helped to shape the Edwardian period - from medicine to politics
BREAKING THE GLASS CEILING
The Edwardian era saw countless courageous women rise up and shatter social mores - at home, at work and in public life
A Man of the Ages
Despite his love of the finer things in life, King Edward VII was a skilled and devoted ruler who modernised Britain's monarchy
MOVING WITH THE TIMES
While a rigid class system still remained, daily life was paved with exciting new opportunities for Edwardian Britons
6 THINGS YOU (PROBABLY) DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT ROMAN WOMEN
From breastfeeding to unusual beauty regimes, classicist Dr Annelise Freisenbruch reveals what life was really like for the wives, mothers and daughters of ancient Rome
Constance Markievicz's fight for a free Ireland
In 1916, the countess took up arms in a bid to rid Ireland of British rule, and later made political history as the first woman to win a seat at Westminster. But what shaped Constance Markievicz's beliefs?
The Benin Bronzes
IN A NUTSHELL
PARANORMAL COLD CASE
INVESTIGATING HISTORY'S MOST SPINE-CHILLING ENCOUNTERS
The Great Tea Race comes to a thrilling end
THIS MONTH... 1866
Manager at the Roman Baths and Pump Room
MY LIFE IN HISTORY
WHAT IF... ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND HADN'T BEEN ASSASSINATED?
Professor Paul Miller-Melamed and Nige Tassell question the mythologised importance of the Sarajevo assassination over the last century, and whether it really made World War I inevitable
EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE EDWARDIANS
Dr John Jacob Woolf answers key questions about a brief but momentous 'gilded age' for Britain
NEW WINDOW ON A GENOCIDE
The World War I aviation historical society Cross & Cockade International (CCI) has unveiled aerial photography depicting devastated villages and settlements in the Armenian Highlands, the scene of widespread atrocities
THE TET OFFENSIVE
It may have been a colossal military failure, but in many ways this campaign marked the turning point of the Vietnam War
Heroes of the Medal of Honor: RALPH PUCKETT
After capturing high ground at Hill 205 in Korea, US Rangers fought off repeated counterattacks. In the thick of the fighting, their commanding officer provided an extraordinary example of heroism
KITCHENER'S RECONQUEST OF SUDAN
With rival European imperial powers vying for influence in North Africa, Britain set about crushing the Mahdist forces once and for all
THE SIEGE OF KHARTOUM
While the Mahdi was making his moves in Sudan, the British were exerting their control over Egypt following the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882
Great Battles: THE BATTLE OF HUE
In 1968, as popular support for the US invasion of Vietnam faded, communist forces captured the city of Hue in just two hours. They only held it for a few weeks but it was a turning point in the war, and American history
TIMELINE OF... MAHDIST WAR
Muhammad Ahmad transforms Sudan into a militant Islamic state and directly clashes with Egyptian and European colonial armies
DASSAULT Mirage III
The French multi-role delta jet that's still in service nearly seven decades after its first flight
CONFESSIONS OF A POLISH EXECUTIONER
In the dark days of Nazi occupation one resistance member was tasked with assassinating Germans, and even his own countrymen who had become collaborators
STALINGRAD: THE CITY THAT REFUSED TO DIE
The industrial heart of Soviet Russia was in fact never a German objective for Case Blue. So how did it become a turning point in the war and a devastating loss for the Nazis?
THE RISE OF THE MAHDI
One of the most infamous conflicts of Queen Victoria's reign lasted from 1881 to 1899 - but exactly how did Britain become embroiled in a war in which it had little interest?