April 2022

Expert history articles from the April 2022 issue of BBC History Magazine

Napoleon Bonaparte depicted as emperor of France in c1804. By now he had his sights set on establishing a dynasty (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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How Napoleon (almost) destroyed the French Revolution. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

African-American double act Buck and Bubbles (Ford L Washington and John W Sublett) were part of a coterie of entertainers of colour broadcast on the BBC in the 1930s (Photo by UPI/Bettmann via Getty Images)

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BBC at 100Mirroring Multicultural Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Great Seal of the Commonwealth of England

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The Interregnum: Britain's republican decade. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Kavita Puri

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Kavita Puri“It’s important to document ordinary lives as well as changing political and social contexts”

Suleyman the Magnificent side profile

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Christopher de Bellaigue“Suleyman was just as bellicose as his father, if not as gratuitously cruel”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ancient Moai of Ahu Tongariki on Easter Island

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The magnificent moai – facts about the statues of Rapa Nui

Moai statues at Ahu Tongariki, Rapa Nui’s largest ceremonial structure

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What happened to the people of Rapa Nui?

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1942: Churchill's darkest hour. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Neil MacGregor is a broadcaster, author and former director of the British Museum

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Neil MacGregor"We decide for ourselves who we think we are – and museums are central to that". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.