March 2020

Expert articles from the March 2020 issue of BBC History Magazine

James Hamilton's 1880s painting 'The Massacre of Glencoe'.

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Hell at Glencoe: what led to the massacre in the Scottish Highlands?

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Henry V’s greatest victory (and it wasn't at the battle of Agincourt). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

One of the burial mounds at Sutton Hoo

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How dark were the Dark Ages?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Millennium Centre, Cardiff. (Photo by Dreamstime)

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Simon Jenkins: "Wales needs to get over England and be Wales again". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The rise of the cat burglar. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Andrew Ziminski pictured at his workshop in Somerset.

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Andrew Ziminski"The stonework at Stonehenge is a Gordian knot of mind-bogglingness". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Sylvia Pankhurst is taken into custody

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History heroEmma Barnett chooses Sylvia Pankhurst (1882–1960). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Go west: Refugees crowd the quayside in the port of Kolberg. Between them and their destination in the west lay freezing waters, mines and enemy submarines. (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

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Operation Hannibal 1945: the Germany evacuation that dwarfed the 'miracle of Dunkirk'. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A Burglar Looks In, Picture Post 1950. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Burglary: a modern history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.