BBC History Magazine - 2016-02-25

• The disabled trailblaze­r
• MY HISTORY HERO
• MICHAEL WOOD’S VIEW
• History Explorer: Capability Brown
• Background­er: Tories and Europe
• My favourite place: Penang
• Five things to do in March
• Samantha’s recipe corner
• The latest history news
• Prize crossword
• A thief steals into church and pinches the World Cup
• Lübeck reaps ‘Bomber’ Harris’s whirlwind
• Constantin­e orders that Sunday become a day of rest
• The US Supreme Court frees the slaves of La Amistad
• WHAT WE’VE LEARNED THIS MONTH…
• The view from the crowd at India’s largest literary festival
• As Dad’s Army makes a return on the big screen, Julian Humphrys looks at our love of the sitcom
• Gibraltar
• SOCIAL MEDIA
• “One rebel, dying from his wounds and unable to stand, was shot strapped to a chair”
• Mutinied at Towcester, elected a leader, and took the town over”
• Go forth and multiply (especially if you’re a king…)
• Enjoy yourself…
• Ignore all the rules
• George Wainford
• Victor Goddard
• Boiled rats in a pie
• Deep secrets
• A people’s history
• FICTION Meat and murder
• THREE MORE TALES OF THE GEORGIAN GOTHIC
• Class impasse
• Lost treasures
• “BROWN’S PARKS SETTLE INTO THE LANDSCAPE SO BEAUTIFULL­Y THAT YOU CAN’T TELL WHAT’S NATURAL AND WHAT’S ARTIFICIAL”
• Are there any pharaohs’ tombst still to be discovered i n the Valley of the Kings?
• Q Why was Edward of Woodstock, the Black Prince, appointed the first Duke of Cornwall? I understand he was born in Woodstock, so why Cornwall?

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