April 2018

Articles from the April 2018 issue of BBC History Magazine

A portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull, 1806. (Photo by IanDagnall Computing/Alamy Stock Photo)

Georgian

The dark side of Alexander Hamilton

Comedian Rhona Cameron and political activist Peter Tatchell help to hold a banner at an LGBT Pride event in London, 1998. (Photo by Steve Eason/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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The historians’ view: is the world finally waking up to transgender issues?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A flight of Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft of No 73 Squadron RAF, over France, 19 April 1940. (Photo by S. A. Devon/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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How the RAF won the war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Martin Luther King waves to supporters on the Mall in Washington DC during the March on Washington, 28 August 1963. (Photo by AFP/Getty Images)

20th Century

Martin Luther King's unfinished dream: the historians' view

Charlie Chaplin, in a still from his 1936 film 'Modern Times’. (Photo by American Stock/Getty Images)

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My history hero: Charlie Chaplin. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Bikes on a canal in Amsterdam and the Basilica of Saint Nicholas church in the background. (Photo by maydays via Getty Images)

General Modern

My favourite place: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Shackles that were used to tether slaves, on display at the International Slavery Museum. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

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History explorer: the British slave trade. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

John Julius Norwich pictured at the Oxford Literary Festival in 2014. (Photo by David Levenson/Getty Images)

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Books interview with John Julius Norwich: “Most British people know practically nothing about French history”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Henry VIII “regarded his wars as the worthy successors of the great martial victories of England’s past”, says Steven Gunn. (Photo by PHAS/UIG via Getty Images)

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The LibraryTotal war in Tudor England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Catherine of Siena, who in the 1360s experienced a vision from God during which – according to her biographer, Raymond of Capua – she drank the water from the wound in Christ’s side. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

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The medieval mystics with a hotline to God. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel. “For the century following his death, the British public was less inclined to revere Brunel than we are today”, says Crosbie Smith.(Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)

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The LibraryBrunel: the flawed genius. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Husband and wife Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling (Madame Chiang), pictured at their wedding in 1928. The pair “dominated Chinese politics for two decades [and] were among the most prominent non-westerners on the planet throughout the 1930s and 1940s”, says Rana Mitter. (Photo by Granger Historical Picture Archive/Alamy Stock Photo)

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Six lives that shaped China. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.