BBC History Magazine

Our latest issues

Explore the latest issues of BBC History Magazine

January 2025 issue of BBC History Magazine out now!

Coming up in the next issue of BBC History Magazine…

Coming up in the February 2025 issue of BBC History Magazine

Explore back issues of BBC History Magazine by year

2023

2019

2015

2011

2007

2022

2018

2014

2010

2006

2021

2017

2013

2009

2020

2016

2012

2008

Latest articles from BBC History Magazine

Sarah Biffin: the brilliant artist who found fame and royal favour – despite having no arms or legs. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Thomas Cromwell shown in a c1533 portrait after Hans Holbein the Younger (Photo by Penta Springs Limited/Alamy Stock Photo)

Thomas Cromwell's death – a rapid descent from the pinnacle of power

BBC History Magazine's 2024 history books of the year (illustration by Leila Omerova)

BBC History Magazine's 2024 Books of the Year33 best books for history lovers

Annie Gray (Photo by Melissa Rodrigues)

“Leisure was built into the whole shopping experience” | Annie Gray on the history of the high street. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An engraving of John Milton in 1670. By that time he’d been blind for nearly two decades – but continued to express strong views on religion and the monarchy in his writing (Photo by Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images)

Long road to paradise: the life of John Milton and how he created his masterpiece, Paradise Lost. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Holy sites of multiple religions stud Jerusalem’s skyline, including the Dome of the Rock (Photo by KiyechkaSo/Shutterstock)

“I don’t underestimate how difficult it is to satisfy everybody” | Simon Sebag Montefiore on writing the history of Jerusalem. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

More from BBC History Magazine