May 2015 cover

May 2015

Articles from the May 2015 issue of BBC History Magazine

An 1826 illustration from 'The Black Man's Lament

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David Olusoga"Thousands of Britons opposed abolition – because they owned slaves". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Margaret Thatcher enters Downing Street

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How to win an election: 25 general elections and where they were won – and lost. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Why Churchill’s reputation is still on the line. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Catholics massacre Protestants in Ulster in a contemporary illustration

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10 great misconceptions of the Civil War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval

8 remarkable historical events that happened in May

Roman

The history of... re-enacting battles

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The many lives of India. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Two survivors of the Lusitania disaster

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Did Britain doom the Lusitania?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Jane Austen

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My history heroJane Austen (1775–1817). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The stretch of the Great Wall at Mutianyu, China

General ancient history

My favourite place: The Great Wall of China

Merton College, Oxford.

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History explorerMedieval universities. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Magna Carta

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Books interview with David Starkey: "The Magna Carta of 1215 was designed to create a revolutionary regime". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

First World War

In pictures: WWI submarines