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.

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JOSEON KOREA • We explore the long royal dynasty of the Korean Peninsula that was constantly caught in a battle between the influence of China and Japan

History of Joseon Korea

GYEONGBOKGUNG PALACE • SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, 1395 - PRESENT

A JOSEON OFFICIAL • KOREA, 15TH - 19TH CENTURY

SEATED BODHISATTVA • EXPLORING RELIGION DURING THE JOSEON DYNASTY, KOREA, C.MID-17TH CENTURY

JOSEON KOREANS • From kings to poets, meet ten of the dynasty’s most fascinating figures

KYUNG MOON HWANG • TAKING A LOOK AT JOSEON HERITAGE AND THE MODERNISATION OF KOREA

HISTORIC LOCATIONS • Five sites that highlight the rich heritage of the Joseon Dynasty

VICTORIAN OCCULT • Lifting the shroud on the 19th century’s obsession with death and the afterlife

GHOST STORIES • Five mysterious hauntings and supernatural happenings that obsessed 19th century Britain

PARANORMAL INVESTIGATORS • We talk to Alan Murdie, chairman of Britain’s oldest ghost hunting society, The Ghost Club

A Martyr for Philosophy • One of the greatest thinkers of ancient Alexandria, Hypatia was caught up in the deadly conflict that engulfed her city

The Rise and Fall of Alexandria • What happened to one of the most renowned intellectual havens in history?

The Power of Knowledge • Taking a look at those who influenced Hypatia and those she inspired

From equals to enslaved • Toby Green discusses his Wolfson History Prize-nominated book A Fistful Of Shells and the way in which resource-rich West Africa was depleted by trade and slavery

EXPERT BIO

WEST AFRICA BEFORE SLAVERY • The major powers that stood toe-to-toe with Europe

ATOMIC SPIES • As we approach the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we look at the men and women who conspired to reveal the atom bomb’s secrets

INSIDE THE FAT MAN • How the implosion-type bomb dropped on Nagasaki worked

THE KAME’S PHILBY... KIM PHILBY • Klaus Fuchs wasn’t the only spy to escape the notice of the British intelligence services

BANNED • The stories behind the books, movies, music and art that have been censored and hidden by authorities through history

The Pirate Republic • The Golden Age of Piracy saw a nest of pirates emerge around the port of Nassau on the Bahaman island of New Providence. Here they formed their own ‘pirate republic’…

New Providence • This small island in the Bahamas was to become a pirate paradise

BATTLE OF VILLERS-BOCAGE • NORMANDY, FRANCE, 13 JUNE 1944

BRITISH ARMY: 22ND ARMOURED BRIGADE

GERMAN ARMY: SS HEAVY TANK BATTALION 101

13 JUNE 1944 • Fierce German resistance halts the Allied attack on the strategically vital town Villers-Bocage

THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS HAD LOST? • The communist takeover of China in 1949 helped shape the Cold War and the modern world, but what if they’d lost?

THE PAST

THE POSSIBILITY

THE ART OF ADVERTISING • An engaging new exhibition explores the history of advertisements and our relationship with them

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

SAS GREAT ESCAPES • Seven gripping tales of daring WWII missions

THE LIFE AND DEATH OF ANCIENT CITIES: A NATURAL HISTORY • An in-depth...