In our April 2025 issue, on sale 20 March 2025

The shot heard round the world

George Goodwin describes the propaganda battle that accompanied the start of the American Revolutionary War

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Surprising pirates

Sophie Nibbs reveals some unusual facts about these seafaring criminals

The quest for Richard III

Turi King explains her role in identifying the remains of the last Yorkist king

A tyrannical monarch?

Jonathan Healey takes a fresh look at Charles I on the 400th anniversary of the start of his reign

Josephine Baker’s century

Anna Maria Barry shows how the trailblazing entertainer was involved in many seismic historical events

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No escape for Dr Crippen

Hallie Rubenhold revisits one of the Edwardian era’s most sensational murders – and the hunt for the killer

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