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.

All About History

Welcome

DEFINING MOMENTS

ALL ABOUT SCOTLAND • From prehistory to the Independence Referendum, we chronicle the long and storied history of the Auld Country

KEY EVENTS

SKARA BRAE • ORKNEY 3300 – 2500 BCE

BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE • EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND 1745

STONE OF SCONE • This ancient stone has been used for the coronations of countless kings and queens

SCOTTISH WRITERS • From Robert Burns to Robert Louis Stevenson, Muriel Spark to Alistair Maclean – ten literary legends of Scotland you should know

THE STORY OF BURKE AND HARE • Conservator Cat Irving tells us about the grisly body-snatching murders that shook Scotland

CASTLES OF SCOTLAND • Uncover Scottish royal history at some of the nation’s most significant strongholds, fortresses and palaces

COLUMBUS ON TRIAL • Courageous explorer or colonial criminal? The case for and against America’s controversial icon

FROM Bloomers TO Boxers THE HISTORY OF UNDERWEAR • The evolution of undergarments from the ancient world to modern day explained

GODZILLA AND THE BOMB • How Japan’s atomic trauma helped give birth to the King of the Monsters

THE LEGEND OF THE HIGHWAYMAN • Uncover the violent truth about Britain’s highway robbers and the origins of the gentleman highwayman myth

THE PEASANTS’ REVOLT • How a growing divide between rich and poor sparked an uprising that shook the foundations of power in England

What happened to THE ANCIENT WONDERS OF THE WORLD? • Of the seven celebrated monuments built in antiquity, only one remains standing, but why?

SPOTSYLVANIA COURT HOUSE • SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA 8–21 MAY 1864

GERMANY HAD INVADED BRITAIN? • Following Dunkirk, Hitler had a window of opportunity to deal a humiliated Britain a devastating blow

MONUMENTAL GREECE • A new book explores and recreates the enduring architecture of the ancient Greeks

REVIEWS

CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR • Is this a rare example of a film underselling the real story?

COCK-A-LEEKIE SOUP • SCOTLAND, 16TH CENTURY – PRESENT