CONTENTS JANUARY 2024
FEATURES
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22 Shakespeare’s world Eight experts explore what the playwright’s works tell us about love, power, monarchy and death
32 Labour’s leap to power A century ago, Ramsay MacDonald became Labour’s first prime minister. Richard Toye charts his entry to, and rapid departure from, Downing Street
38 How Asterix rewrote ancient history Eran Almagor shows how the plucky Gaulish warrior has shaped our understanding of the classical world
46 Radical lives of the Bloomsbury Group Frances Spalding reveals how this influential London set transformed British culture in the early 20th century
54 The British Schindler Edward Abel Smith tells the story of Nicholas Winton, who helped save hundreds of children from the Nazis
57 Victorian murder scandals Rosalind Crone explores six killings that shine a light on women’s lives in the 19th century
6 Anniversaries
The Conversation
11 Political comebacks 14 The history behind T he C rown
17 Michael Wood on new
Anglo-Saxon discoveries 19 Hidden Histories
20 Letters 52 Q&A History questions answered
Books
66 Interview: Philippa Langley
on the fate of the princes in the Tower 70 New history books reviewed
Encounters
7 7 Diary: Things to se e and do
this month 83 Podcast: Courtesy and chivalry 84 Explore: Mount Edgcumbe,
Cornwall 86 Historic Cities: Dublin
88 Prize crossword
90 My h i s t o r y he r o Ed Davey on Anglo - Saxon king Æthelstan
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