May 2015 (Issue 16)

Expert articles from the May 2015 issue of BBC History Revealed Magazine

American actress, singer and model Marilyn Monroe

20th Century

Something's got to giveThe dramatic life of Marilyn Monroe

A Hawker Hurricane in flight over Britain

Second World War

Your guide to the Battle of Britain: how the RAF turned back the Luftwaffe

Mural of the battle of Actium from 1600

Roman

Actium, 31 BC: the beginning of the end for Mark Antony and Cleopatra

A portrait of Sir Walter Ralegh

Tudor

Q&ADid Sir Walter Ralegh really lay down his cloak for Elizabeth I?

Photo of British coins

Tudor

Q&AWhy do we have the letters 'FD' on our coins?