November 2015 cover

November 2015

Articles from the November 2015 issue of BBC History Magazine

A Viking sword with silver and gold hilt, from Dyback, Skane. (Photo by CM Dixon/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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How England rode the Viking storm. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Michael Fish makes his first televised weather forecast in 1974. (Photo by Press Association)

Victorian

4 facts about the history of the weather forecast

Witness Walls in West Yorkshire

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The LibraryHistory explorer: The Brontës. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Lady Margaret Douglas, a close relative of Henry VIII. Her romantic liaisons landed her in the Tower of London on more than one occasion. (Photo by Florilegius/SSPL/Getty Images)

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Margaret Douglas: The forgotten Tudor princess. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

VictoriangalleryIn pictures: Alice in Wonderland

Gebelein Man

Ancient Egypt

The big questions of ancient Egypt

A Royal Navy battle

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The Royal Navy’s American disaster. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Monument to Alexander von Humboldt

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Books interview with Andrea Wulf: "Alexander von Humboldt is the forgotten father of environmentalism". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An undated portrait of Hypatia

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My history hero: Hypatia (cAD 370–415). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Bali, Indonesia

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My favourite place: Bali, Indonesia

Bletchley Park

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WW2 espionage: The spies who surprised me. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Death of General Wolfe

Georgian

The Georgian craze for popular history

White horse of Uffington

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Who were the Celts?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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My favourite place: Arthur Cotterell