All About History

All About History is the stunningly realised new magazine from the makers of How It Works and All About Space. Featuring beautiful illustrations, photos and graphics depicting everything from ancient civilisations to the Cold War, All About History is accessible and entertaining to all and makes history fun for the whole family.

Welcome

All About History

Defining Moments

ALL ABOUT MODERN ART • Celebrating some of the art world’s most innovative artists who redefined expectations of what art could mean

Key Events

DALÍ THEATRE-MUSEUM • Figueres, Spain 1974 – present

DAMIEN HIRST’S ART • United Kingdom c.1987 – present

TRACEY EMIN’S MY BED • Just a dirty bed? Or something more? This controversial piece redefined what art could be Tracey Emin, 1998

INFLUENTIAL MODERN ARTISTS • Ten people who helped to reshape and define art in the 20th century

BRINGING MODERN ART TO THE PEOPLE • The director of Modern Art Oxford, Paul Hobson, tells us about one of the UK’s top contemporary art institutions

CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERIES • Five of the world’s most breathtaking collections of modern art

FLAWED FOUNDING OF THE UNITED STATES • Were the seeds of Civil War already written into the American Constitution?

Queer ANCIENT Lovers • Romance took many forms, even in the earliest civilisations

PLAYING With HISTORY • Game designers David Thompson and Dave Neale discuss turning the past into a tabletop experience

James Baldwin • POET OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

The Mother of a Nation • Uncover the life, art & mysterious legacy of Shin Saimdang

“HENRY V WAS THE PERFECT MEDIEVAL KING” • Historian Dan Jones discusses the kingship of Henry V and his own passion for medieval history

BATTLE OF EYLAU • PREUSSISCH EYLAU, EAST PRUSSIA (NOW BAGRATIONOVSK, KALININGRAD OBLAST, RUSSIA) 7-8 FEBRUARY 1807

JAPAN HAD INVADED INDIA? • In 1944, the war in South Asia reached a critical moment as Japanese offensives threatened Allied control of north-eastern India and beyond

MONUMENTAL ROME • A new book explores Ancient Rome by focussing on its iconic architecture

REVIEWS • The books, TV shows and films causing a stir in the history world this month

HISTORY VS HOLLYWOOD • Fact versus fiction on the silver screen

BISCUIT DE SAVOIE • THOMAS JEFFERSON’S FAVOURITE, FRANCE, c.1784-89