BBC History Magazine - 2020-06-11

• “The Field of the Cloth of Gold very much reflected the substantia­l egos of its leading protagonis­ts”
• The childcare conundrum facing generation­s of women
• Husband, humorist, homebird: the multi-faceted Henry III
• Author and former RAF officer John Nichol discusses his new book on the Lancaster Bomber
• Composing Beethoven
• The forgotten Korean War
• Cosmopolit­an Chaucer
• Diary: What to watch and listen to this month
• Michael Wood on how pandemics shape society
• David Olusoga’s Hidden Histories
• New history books reviewed
• Prize crossword
• Anniversar­ies
• Textbook reveals role of medieval Franglais
• Henry VIII’s warship sinks in the Solent
• Handel’s Water Music makes its royal premiere
• Rosalind Franklin’s pioneering scientific career
• Henry IV sees off rebel forces
• From wartime to peacetime
• Island stories
• THE ART OF DIPLOMACY
• The persecutor
• The madcap diplomat
• The devotee
• AT WAR WITH THE WORKHOUSE Too tainted for squalor
• WRITING IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH
• INDUSTRIAL­ISED MISERY
• GETTING SERIOUS WITH THE FUN POLICE Heap of nonsense
• Which British monarch had the most illegitima­te children?
• Is it true that Hitler and his top generals were drug addicts?
• MASTERLY CREATIONS
• “An ostensibly dull slice of economic history– coal – is turned into a human story that touches us all”
• “The saying, ‘There’s nowt as queer as folk’ could not be more apposite for the house of Plantagene­t”
• “The Byrons fought, seduced and squandered their way through 18th-century Europe”
• “Fascist Italy was always lacking in the resources to pursue the ambitions of its leadership”
• AUTHORS ON THE PODCAST
• Lost and found

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