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 SWEETS

Key Events

VICTORIAN SWEET SHOP • United Kingdom c.1820 - present

HALWAI • India c.1700 - present

PSYCHEDELIC PEZ DISPENSER • This unique Pez dispenser was released to capitalise on the ‘flower power' craze 1968

CREATORS OF CONFECTIONARY • A tantalising selection of ingenious inventors who gifted us some of the tastiest of treats

SWEETS THROUGH HISTORY • Paul Chrystal discusses the development of sweets throughout the centuries and their versatile nature

SWEET MUSEUMS • Get a taste of some of the world's most famous candy producers

Victoria and Albert • The great romance that reshaped the monarchies of Europe

DEAR DIARY • Queen Victoria's courtship with Albert in her own words, taken from her surviving journals

A PRINCESS IN DEMAND • Many young princes were paraded before Victoria

A ROYAL CHRISTMAS • How Victoria and Albert marked the festive season

HISTORY OF THE NATIVITY • How can historical evidence help us in explaining the story of the birth of Jesus?

THE FIRST FEMINIST? • The fiercely determined, focused and independent life of one of the most remarkable women of the 18th century

Unlucky in love • The incomplete and unfinished relationships that impacted Mary Wollstonecraft's life

A woman's destiny • Motherhood, tragedy and hardship were brutally linked throughout Wollstonecraft's life

CHRISTMAS FOLKLORE • Have you ever heard the sinister tale of the troll-like Stallo? Or received a visit from the skeletal Mari Lwyd on New Year's Eve?

LESSER-SPOTTED HOLIDAY CHARACTERS AND MASCOTS • You may have heard of the Easter Bunny but have you heard of the Easter Bilby? Holiday figures you might not know…

PETRIFYING PERTCHEN • This traditional Alpine festival features a whole parade of good and evil monsters roaming the streets causing carnage

PHILOSOPHY OF THE SAMURAI • The common view of warrior classes from history is one of bloody violence and rough manners - but the samurai turned their lives into works of art

THE TRANQUILLITY OF TEA • Japanese samurai had a special relationship with tea

THE LAST MOON LANDING • Fifty years after its final mission, find out why Apollo 17 was the end of NASA's lunar programme

TRAINING TO GO TO THE MOON • Like the previous missions, the astronauts onboard Apollo 17 underwent a rigorous training programme

HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE • The perfect presents for the history buff in your life

SECOND BATTLE OF ARTOIS • ARTOIS, FRANCE, 9 MAY-18 JUNE 1915

THE 1929 WALL STREET CRASH HAD BEEN AVERTED? • A seismic financial shock wave ruins the hopes and dreams of millions and turns boom to bust

THE PAST

THE POSSIBILITY

IT'LL ALL BE OVER BY CHRISTMAS • A new book uses a collection of postcards to highlight the importance of correspondence during World War I

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT • This modern take on a war classic loses none of the impact

NEVER GREATER SLAUGHTER • Examining one of the most important battles in history

RED DEVILS • An elite unit forged the path for airborne forces in WWII

BYZANTIUM: THE SURPRISING LIFE OF A MEDIEVAL EMPIRE • A history and analysis of the Byzantine Empire and the misconceptions around it

ED WOOD • Tim...