April 2021

Articles from the April 2021 issue of BBC History Magazine

Illustration showing woman receiving a caesarean section

General History

Q&AWhat are the origins of the caesarean section?

British prime minister Clement Attlee reading a document in his office, 27 July 1946. (Photo by Haywood Magee/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

20th Century

Clement Attlee: Labour's postwar leader

Zdeněk Burian’s painting from 1952 offers a sympathetic portrayal of Neanderthals practising cannibalism. Self-assurance, even contentment, emanate from “It appears as a calm response to death, rather than murderous carnage,” writes Rebecca Wragg Sykes. (Photo by Time Life Pictures/Mansell/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images)

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Neanderthal in the mirror: our changing perceptions of these ancient humans. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Stanley Baldwin in the study at Chequers, the PM's official country residence, c1925

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Stanley Baldwin: Britain’s greatest peacetime prime minister?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Opulent headquarters East India House in London, 1850. From inside this grand building, the East India Company directors oversaw the governance of India and its associated territories (Photo by Guildhall Library & Art Gallery/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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1838: A year in the life of the British empire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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What are the challenges of telling LGBTQ history?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Babies from a nursery are walked in a pram, c1953

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A nation in numbers: 100 years of British life in 7 statistics. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Former US president Theodore Roosevelt stands on a boat with Cândido Rondon

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History heroElla Al-Shamahi chooses Cândido Rondon (1865–1958). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Salt cellar with Neptune and Tellus by Benvenuto Cellini

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Benvenuto CelliniHow the 'bad boy' sculptor gives us a fresh perspective on the Renaissance. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.