In our May 2025 issue, on sale 17 April 2025

Victory in Europe

John Willis describes how ordinary Britons reacted to the defeat of Nazi Germany

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Witch hunts

Martha McGill considers why so many more people were executed for witchcraft in Scotland than England

A modern famine

Padraic X Scanlan explores the origins of the great hunger that afflicted Ireland in the mid-19th century

Medieval love story?

Yvonne Seale offers a fresh take on the famous romance between Abelard and Heloise

Immunity for Pinochet?

Philippe Sands recalls his involvement in the 1998 legal proceedings against the former Chilean dictator

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Ancient Egypt’s wine obsession

Islam Issa reveals the role the drink played in the lives of pharaohs and their people

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