BBC History Magazine - 2021-04-15

• Harriet Atkinson
• Helen Carr
• 70 How slimming clubs have promoted weight loss and friendship over the decades
• What lessons can Prince Harry and Meghan Markle learn from other royal exits throughout history?
• “Rebels behaved as though they were at war – brandishin­g weapons and employing them with lethal force”
• Jonathan Dimbleby discusses OReTatKQP $aTDaTQssa, Hitler’s failed attempt to destroy the USSR
• Michael Wood on excavating the Indus Civilisati­on
• Prize crossword
• Computer reboot
• Anglo-Normans land in Ireland for the first time
• The Spanish Armada sets sail
• Rosie the Riveter hits the headlines
• How Chanel No 5 revolution­ised the beauty business
• HMS Pinafore enthrals audiences
• Prime cuts
• REBEL FIGHTERS
• The hot seat
• Medieval maps are often illustrate­d with strange sea creatures. What are they supposed to represent?
• In the Second World War, what happened to ambassador­s after their homeland declared war on the country in which they were based?
• THE WAR THAT ROSE FROM THE DEAD
• Now’s the time to tackle your smartphone
• Global go-betweens
• We asked you to nominate the biographie­s that changed your opinion about historical figures…
• Scandal & seduction
• Fighting back
• To infinity and beyond
• Florence’s finest
• Deluge and dissent
• Pioneering palaeontol­ogist
• Acquacotta

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