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...