July 2021 (Issue 96)

Articles from issue 96 of BBC History Revealed

The paranormal activity at 63 Wycliffe Road prompted a flurry of coverage in tabloids such as the 'Daily Sketch'

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Danny Robins' paranormal cold casesThe Battersea Poltergeist. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Newspaper boy with news of the Titanic disaster, 14 April 1912

Edwardian

TitanicWhat happened after the sinking?

US socialite Margaret Brown, who posthumously became known as the ‘Unsinkable Molly Brown’ following her Titanic experiences.

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Titanic8 stories of passengers who sailed on the liner. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Titanic in dry doc before it was launched

Edwardian

TitanicWhen and how was the ship built?

An 18th-century painting depicts Alexander the Great preparing to hack through the Gordian Knot with his sword

General ancient history

Q&AWhat was the Gordian Knot?

A French manuscript from c1100 shows Viking warriors sailing to Brittany. The Viking Age touched all areas of life and can still be felt today

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What if...The Vikings had never left their homelands?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The fabled ‘Vegetable Lamb of Tartary’ was a plant said to grow sheep as its fruit.

Medieval

Q&AWhat was the Vegetable Lamb of Tartary?

German doctor Otto Warburg at work in his laboratory

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Otto Warburg: the Jewish doctor and the Nazi war on cancer. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

General Early Modern

The Bloody Code: your guide to the severe legal system