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

MIDWIFERY • Discover the long and ever-evolving history of childbirth and women’s healthcare, from ancient healers to modern hospitals

Key Events

THE BRITISH LYING-IN HOSPITAL

OBSTETRIX

OBSTETRIC FORCEPS • Despite their sinister appearance, these devices helped aid difficult births and saved many lives

PIONEERS IN MIDWIFERY • From Ancient Greek origins to the creator of the ultrasound, ten people who helped develop the practice of midwifery

AFRICAN AMERICAN MIDWIVES • Jenny M Luke guides us through the role and importance of Black midwives in Southern America during the 1900s

MATERNITY SITES AND MUSEUMS • Amazing places to learn about the history of midwives and childbirth

CAESAR VS GAUL • Did Rome’s greatest commander meet his match in Vercingetorix?

ABOLITIONIST ACTIVIST AUTHOR • Who was the literary campaigner who championed the end of slavery in America?

PAINTING THE PAST • Graham Turner reveals how he recreates stunning images from the Wars of the Roses

10 OLDEST CAVE PAINTINGS • Found almost everywhere in the world, cave paintings are our most powerful window into our original ancestors’ earliest thoughts and feelings

BUILDING THE BERLIN WALL • Why was this city-dividing, family-separating symbol of Cold War oppression built?

Babes on the Throne • Meet the underage kings who ruled entire nations before they were old enough to shave

THE SIEGE OF LUCKNOW • LUCKNOW, INDIA, 30 MAY – 27 NOVEMBER 1857

THE SOVIET UNION HAD INVENTED THE ATOMIC BOMB FIRST? • A Soviet victory in the race for the atomic bomb could have meant a very different Cold War

SARGENT AND FASHION • A new exhibition displays the iconic works of John Singer Sargent and explores his use of couture

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

ROYAL FRUIT SCONES • A FAVOURITE BRITISH TEA-TIME SNACK, SCOTLAND, 16TH CENTURY