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MARCH 2012
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24 “Our excess girls” Lucy Noakes explains why the British government tried to export women to the colonies after the First World War
29 Hold your noses – it’s the Elizabethans! Ian Mortimer guides potential visitors through the sensory environment of 16th-century England
36 Nuns on the run James Kelly reveals the stories of Catholic women who fled Protestant Britain in the early modern era
43 Britain’s medieval identity crisis Clare Downham shows how the emerging English state had to contend with other allegiances
52 Sink the Tirpitz! Patrick Bishop questions whether the destruction of the dreaded Nazi warship was really worth the effort
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54 Making Britain great Saul David shows how the army played a major role in Britain’s global ascendency after the Restoration
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