CONTENTS NOVEMBER 2023
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20 Anne Boleyn’s fatal French connection John Guy and Julia Fox chart the role that international diplomacy played in the rise and fall of Henr y VIII’s second wife
28 The Allies’ hardest fight? James Holland on the 1943 invasion of mainland Italy – and why the peninsula proved a tough nut to crack
38 An Anglo-Saxon detective story Cat Jarman on what a collection of bones in Winchester Cathedral tells us about the evolution of early England
46 Empire on the brink Matthew Parker chronicles the challenges facing the British empire as it reached its largest territorial extent
54 The medieval Stalingrad Dan Jones on why the siege of Calais in 1346 – 47 bears comparison to one of the most brutal battles of the Second World War
60 Radio Times at 100 David Hendy on how the magazine has reflected a century of changes to the media landscape
6 Anniversaries
The Conversation
11 Are black histories still
being overlooked? 15 Michael Wood on why the past
is receding faster than ever 16 Hidden Histories
18 Letters 44 Q&A History questions answered
Books
66 Interview: Mary Beard
on Roman emperors 70 New history books r ev i ewed
Encounters
7 7 Diary: Things to se e and do
this month 82 Podcast: Margaret Cavendish 84 Historic Cities: Athens
86 Prize crossword
90 My h i s t o r y he r o
Dermot O’Leary pays homage to Battle of Britain ace Tom Neil
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