BBC History Magazine

BBC History Magazine is a glossy history magazine that you'll find on the shelves in WH Smiths and a lot of newsagents so you probably won't need to order it - though there is often good subscription offers and trials available on the internet. The cover price is currently £3.60 which is about write for a glossy monthly magazine, and I think offers good value for money. There's usually at least 6 or 7 feature articles, covering a wide variety of topics including British History, American History, Ancient Rome/Greece, 20th century wars etc. The March 2009 issue has the following feature articles: - Richard III and Battle of ...  Read the complete review

I had already asked for a BBC History category before I realised one already existed under Science and Academia. Rather than cheat and repeat the opinion I eventually put there, I'll give a more detailed flavour of the current issue here. The July 2001 issue of BBC History once again stands out on the newsagents shelf with a dramatic photo of the rebel Pharoah Akhenaten (I should point out it's a statue and not actually Akhanaten). This accompanies the issues' main feature which attempts to redress the wrongs done to him by history. His own people tried to wipe him from their history, erasing him from their records. He had been forgotten about ...  Read the complete review