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July 2021
July 2021
Articles from the July 2021 issue of BBC History Magazine
20th Century
Why we should remember
The launch of the swimsuit that scandalised the world
Georgian
William Hogarth
The satirical artist inspired by the teachings of the Bible
20th Century
The tragic story behind Sylvia Plath’s writing
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Medieval
Merchants of doom: the traders who profited from the Black Death
Cold War
“We are eyeball to eyeball, and I think the other fellow just blinked”: how the Cuban Missile Crisis escalated
Period
Batting for the British Empire: how Victorian cricket was more than just a game
Victorian
Cakobau: the first (and last) king of Fiji
General prehistory
Alice Roberts
“Graves are like time capsules – little microcosms of prehistoric culture"
Georgian
Mary Wortley Montagu: the scourge of smallpox
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Victorian
History hero
William Boyd chooses Anton Chekhov (1860–1904)
Victorian
National English: the language that would save England
Victorian
Emma Dabiri
"Harriet Jacobs’ writing transports readers to the world of Southern slavery"