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November 2020
November 2020
Expert history articles from the November 2020 issue of BBC History Magazine
Second World War
Fake news and Nazis: Richard J Evans on the spectre of conspiracies
Georgian
History hero
Susie Dent chooses Francis Grose (1731–1791)
General History
Black British history
Britain's black trailblazers
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20th Century
“Sherlock Holmes in skirts”: the world’s first policewomen
First World War
Belgian refugees in WW1 Britain: were they welcome guests?
Victorian
Franco-Prussian War: the conflict that plunged Europe into a nightmare
General ancient history
Life lessons from history: Neil Oliver on searching the ancient past for timeless wisdom
Second World War
David Olusoga
"Half a million cats and dogs were put to death in 1939 – for no good reason"
Medieval
The genius of medieval science: from medicine to mechanical clocks
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General Modern
Afua Hirsch on tracing the story of the transatlantic slave trade