In our December 2024 issue, on sale 24 October 2024

Tales of the gladiators

Guy de la Bédoyère reveals the brutal reality of life for those who battled in Rome’s arenas

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No mercy for Cromwell

Diarmaid MacCulloch explains why Henry VIII’s chief minister went from hero to zero in 1540

Milton’s magic

Islam Issa on how one of England’s greatest poets provides an insight into 17th-century society

Back to the high street

Annie Gray describes how Britain’s shopping habits have been transformed over the centuries

The scandal of Lord Lucan

Laura Thompson revisits one of the most enduring crime mysteries of the 20th century

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Medieval influencers

Hetta Howes introduces a group of remarkable women who reshaped the world

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