March 2021

Articles from the March 2021 issue of BBC History Magazine

British author Sathnam Sanghera

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Sathnam SangheraBritain's Imperial Legacy: “It was painful to realise how my education had colonised me”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Black and white image of several African men pushing two French missionaries in a sort of chair with wheels.

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Think pieceWhy history must take a stance. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Science is helping to reveal new information about life in the Viking Age

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Vikings under the microscope: what can science tell us about Viking life?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Learning the hard way: soldiers struggle to move a field gun through the Flanders mud. The key to victory in the west was the Allies’ ability to effect one of the “most consequential technologies and tactical transformations in the history of war,” says Nick Lloyd. (Photo by Getty Images)

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Revolution on the western front. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Edgar the Aetheling is notably missing from the Bayeux Tapestry

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The lost figure of the Bayeux Tapestry: where is Edgar Ætheling?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Professor Stephen Hawking in his office at the University of Cambridge, 2003

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History heroBobby Seagull chooses Stephen Hawking (1942–2018). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A medieval illustration of women fighting and toiling alongside men during a siege

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Crusader queens: the formidable female rulers of Jerusalem. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.