Rolson Davies,

What a refreshing innovation to have a magazine that combines the visual and audio in such an imaginative way. As someone who has a love of history and suffers from dyslexia it is such a boon to be able to hear the correct pronunciation while following the words in an article.

Over the years I have had to overcome the pains of reading at a rate much slower than perhaps the average person, and as such, get frustrated that my reading speed restricts the amount of information I can cover. This innovation for

BBC History Magazine has not only given me a new experience, it has helped my reading and enabled me to explore more areas of history.

Audio books can be very good, but to be able to follow the printed word, while also listening to those words, gives one the two sensations that, once combined, increase tremendously the experience of your magazine. For me, now in my 60s, it opens up an exciting new information source into the subject of history that I love.

Surbiton

A great magazine to listen to

Editor replies: Thank you for your feedback, Rolson. We’re continuing our trial of producing an audio version of the magazine this month. Readers can download it for free at historyextra.com/ bbchistorymagazine/septemberaudio or through our iPad and iPhone editions.

We reward the letter of the month writer with our ‘History Choice’ book of the month. This issue it is Fighters in the Shadows by Robert Gildea. Read the review on page 69