BBC World Histories Mag Issue 6

Issue 6

Articles from Issue 6 (October/November 2017) of BBC World Histories Magazine

Suffragettes attempt to attack the house by airship. Miss Muriel Matters with megaphone, Hendon airfields, London. 16th February 1909

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Muriel MattersThe well-spoken women’s rights hero. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Are revolutions doomed to failure?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An Athenian red-figure kylix (cup) dating from around 510–500 BC depicts a young pentathlete pulling his older lover towards him for a kiss. In many of the city-states of ancient Greece, sex between a man and a youth was an accepted – even idealised – form of love, its virtues extolled in works by writers including Plato. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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Pride and prejudice: same-sex relations through history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration by Davide Bonazzi

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Have nuclear weapons helped to maintain global peace?

A soldier and workers are depicted gazing in admiration at North Korea’s first premier, Kim Il-sung, in a propaganda poster. The Kims’ dynastic personality cult shows no signs of diminishing. (Photo by Eric Lafforgue/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

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Why North Korea went nuclear. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Scythians: the art of war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Judi Dench and Ali Fazal in Victoria and Abdul. (Image by Movie Stills DB)

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Who was Abdul Karim? Shrabani Basu introduces Queen Victoria's Indian confidant. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Church of Santo Domingo de Guzman in Oaxaca Mexico

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ExploreOaxaca: Central Mexico’s “fair and beautiful city”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.