July 2021 (Issue 96)

Articles from issue 96 of BBC History Revealed

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The paranormal activity at 63 Wycliffe Road prompted a flurry of coverage in tabloids such as the 'Daily Sketch'

Danny Robins' paranormal cold cases The Battersea Poltergeist . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Newspaper boy with news of the Titanic disaster, 14 April 1912

Titanic What happened after the sinking?

US socialite Margaret Brown, who posthumously became known as the ‘Unsinkable Molly Brown’ following her Titanic experiences.

Titanic 8 stories of passengers who sailed on the liner

Titanic in dry doc before it was launched

Titanic When and how was the ship built?

An 18th-century painting depicts Alexander the Great preparing to hack through the Gordian Knot with his sword

General ancient history

Q&A What was the Gordian Knot?

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A manuscript illumination dated c1100 depicting Viking warriors sailing towards Brittany

What if... The Vikings had never left their homelands? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The fabled ‘Vegetable Lamb of Tartary’ was a plant said to grow sheep as its fruit.

Q&A What was the Vegetable Lamb of Tartary?

German doctor Otto Warburg at work in his laboratory

Second World War

Otto Warburg: the Jewish doctor and the Nazi war on cancer

Scene at Tyburn, Paddington, London, 1696; showing crowds gathered to watch a hanging. The triple gibbet and cart used for hanging can be seen in the centre, while in the background to the left a drawing and quartering is being undertaken. The image erroneously shows London Bridge, the River Thames and the City to be immediately opposite Tyburn. (Photo by Guildhall Library & Art Gallery/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

General Early Modern

The Bloody Code: your guide to the severe legal system