In der aktuellen Ausgabe von BBC History Magazine

• ANNIVERSARIES
  DANNY BIRD highlights events that took place in November in history
• The opportunistic evolution of Britain’s far right
  Following recent outbreaks of racist violence in towns and cities across the UK, GRAHAM MACKLIN charts the postwar history of British far-right movements
• “Racism in Britain has a long history - but so does anti-racism”
  Many people of African and Caribbean heritage in Britain have suffered racist attacks over the centuries. But, as HAKIM ADI explains, they have also been active and effective in organising their own defence
• MICHAEL WOOD ON…
  THE RISE OF A NEW WORLD ORDER
• HIDDEN HISTORIES
  KAVITA PURI on the troubling history of racist attacks in Britain
• THE TYRANT THE USURPER RICHARD VS HENRY
  The history of the English monarchy took a startling turn when Richard II was overthrown by his cousin, who seized the throne as Henry IV. But as Helen Castor explains, the ousted king was an untrustworthy narcissist, an ineffectual warrior - and the architect of his own downfall
• PARALLEL LIVES
  Richard and Henry both had royal blood, as grandsons of Edward III - but very different upbringings, attitudes and destinies
• “The SAS suddenly became the most famous special forces group in the world”
  Ben Macintyre’s new book explores the 1980 Iranian embassy siege and the moment when British special forces stormed the building. He tells us about six days of drama and tension in London
• THE MUMMY’S CURSE …AND OTHER TRUE (AND FALSE) TALES
  Booby-trapped tombs, eviscerated corpses and terrifying curses - countless ’facts’ swirl around the burial practices of ancient Egyptians. But which are based in fact, and which are a tissue of lies? Campbell Price unwraps the truth about mummies
• The other prince in the Tower
  The 1499 execution of Edwards of Warwick snuffed out the final embers of the Wars of the Roses. Sarah Norton introduces the last male heir to the House of York - and explains why he “had to perish” to secure Henry VII
• Drug-deals, sly-grog and a queen of thieves
  A new BBC series tells the stories of female criminals from the 18th to 20th centuries. Their chicanery often earned them great riches, yet, as series consultant Rosalind Crone reveals through six case studies, their schemes didn’t always go to plan…
• Q&A
  A selection of historical conundrums answered by experts
• The Nazis were human - just like us
  Denouncing Adolf Hitler as a monstrous aberration is the last thing we should be doing at a moment when democracy is under attack
• “Like ancient Greece, India is one of the seedbeds of civilisation”
  WILLIAM DALRYMPLE tells Danny Bird why we need a greater understanding of how Indian ideas and culture have shaped global history - a story too often obscured by colonial narratives
• The power of knowledge
  DAVID POTTER is impressed by a perceptive look at the ways in which information underpins societies, exploring what history can tell us about the role of AI in the future
• Data caches
  Deputy editor Matt Elton picks three episodes of the HistoryExtra podcast on the role of information
• The war on nature
  PETER COATES welcomes a powerful addition to the field of environmental history in a wide-ranging book packed with fresh insights
• The bridge too far
  NIGEL JONES applauds an immersive account of one of the most chastening Allied operations of the Second World War
• Mothers and sons
  Annie Garthwaite discusses The King’s Mother, her novel about female power during the Wars of the Roses
• Sex, science and superstition
  MARY FISSELL applauds a vivid history of how women’s bodies have been understood - and misunderstood - over the centuries
• Hedgehog pudding
  ELEANOR BARNETT cooks up a playful dish designed to attract attention on the dinner table without harming any mammals
• THIS MONTH’S TOP PODCAST PICKS
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• Thomas Paine 1737-1809
  Rock guitarist and former Genesis star Steve Hackett chooses