October 2022 (Issue 112)

A 1948 photograph of the House of Epidius Rufus in Pompeii. The structure had to be rebuilt after being damaged by Allied bombs during WWII (Photo by SuperStock/Alamy Stock Photo)

How were Pompeii and Herculaneum discovered?

An 18th-century artwork depicting the AD 79 eruption of Vesuvius from across the Bay of Naples (Photo by Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Pompeii A timeline of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius

A 19th-century depiction of the market of Pompeii

Pompeii What was life like before the eruption of Vesuvius?

J. Edgar Hoover holding a gun

How J Edgar Hoover secretly ruled America

The House of Commons in Sir Robert Walpole's administration

Your guide to The South Sea Bubble

Edda Mussolini, c1929

Second World War

Edda Ciano & Hilde Beetz: how the women stood up to Hitler

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An illustration of the Great Fire of London, c1675. St Paul's Cathedral is seen in flames (Photo by Museum of London/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

What if... The Great Fire of London never happened? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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An unhappy looking woman on trial in a British Victorian court. From ‘The Graphic - An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper’ from 4th March 1882. ‘The Graphic’ was published by Illustrated Newspapers Ltd as a rival to ‘Illustrated London News’. (Picture by GettyImages)

Historical cold cases with Nell Darby The mystery of Miss Lamond . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.