October 2011 cover

October 2011

Articles from the October 2011 issue of BBC History Magazine

A real and a virtual Tycho Brahe surveys the heavens next to his mural quadrant in the frontispiece to ‘Machines of the New Astronomy’. (Photo by DEA/G.DAGLI ORTI via Getty Images)

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A history of science in 10½ objects. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Irish rugby fans in London for the international match between Ireland and England at Twickenham Stadium, 13 February 1937. (Photo by E Dean/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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Rugby warriors: the rugby-playing heroes of the First and Second World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Matilda: William the Conqueror’s queen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

British microbiologist and discoverer of penicillin, Alexander Fleming. (Photo by Ipsumpix/Corbis via Getty Images)

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A big day in history: Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Anti-capitalist graffiti referencing the Nike slogan ‘Just Do It’. Mayday riots, London, 2001. (Photo by PYMCA/UIG via Getty Images)

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Opinion: should historians comment on current affairs?

Kathleen Kenyon challenged biblical accounts with her pioneering work at the ancient city of Jericho. (Photo by Bettmann/contributor via Getty Images)

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My history hero: Kathleen Kenyon (1906–78). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Douglas Haig (right) watches the stamping of poppies by ex-servicemen, during a visit to the British Legion poppy factory in Richmond, 22 October 1926. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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The LibraryDouglas Haig: a postwar revolutionary?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Sir Francis Walsingham, Elizabeth I’s ‘spymaster’. (Photo by Photo 12/UIG via Getty Images)

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Sir Francis Walsingham: spy-master extraordinaire and Elizabeth I’s security chief. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Vasily Grossman with the Red Army in Schwerin, Germany, 1945. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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A war of words. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration by Jonty Clark

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Ye olde travel guide: Venice 1500. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

View across the river Clyde to Dumbarton Rock and the medieval Dumbarton Castle. (Photo by Martin W Holt via Getty Images)

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History explorer: Alfred and the Vikings. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.