October 2021

Expert history articles from the October 2021 issue of BBC History Magazine

Reeta Chakrabarti and Janusz Korczak

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My history heroReeta Chakrabarti chooses Janusz Korczak. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Scene of the 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears' at the Disney World in Orlando, Florida, 1971

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Why we should remember...The day Walt Disney World Resort in Florida welcomed its first guests

A 14th-century illustration of a farmer leading a pack animal through the ice and snow

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The surprisingly modern Middle Ages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Josiah Wedgwood: the radical father of English pottery. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Sir Lancelot of the Lake and Queen Guinevere seen embracing by King Arthur in a medieval illustration

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Tudors in love: what were the dynasty's romantic secrets?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Historian Saul David

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Saul David“It was astonishing bravery – and cold-blooded bravery, too”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Michael Wood on Tamil culture“Let’s cherish this shining light of the great Bronze Age civilisations”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Emma Dabiri“Merriman-Labor’s searing satire of the British was not well received”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A black-and-white image shows King George V inspecting soldiers

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How George V won the war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Anna Whitelock's Talking PointsFoundational stories. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A plane crashes into the South Tower of the World Trade Center

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9/11: Twenty years on. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.