
Jonathan Gordon
Editor at All About History
Editor @AboutHistoryMag, movie, music and food lover. Nerd in multiple disciplines.
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2 weeks ago |
theweek.com | Jonathan Gordon
This article and interview originally appeared in All About History magazine issue 96. "The Sword And The Shield" by Dr Peniel E Joseph is available from Basic Books. They didn't hold high public office, they didn't fight wars and they didn't possess vast wealth and riches. Yet, Dr Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X still managed to become two of the most iconic figures of the 20th century.
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3 weeks ago |
historyanswers.co.uk | Jonathan Gordon
Just how bad was Nero, really? That’s the simple question we wanted to find an answer to in our new issue. Did he really play his fiddle as Rome burned? Was he as hated by his subjects as he seems to have been by the senators and aristocrats of the empire? Was he guilty of the many horrible killings and humiliations that he’s accused of? As with so much of history, the answers paints a picture of a more complex and challenging figure than you might first expect.
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1 month ago |
historyanswers.co.uk | Jonathan Gordon
What did it feel like when the war in Europe came to an end in 1945? That was the question we wanted to answer with our 80th anniversary cover feature in All About History 155, available from today. We scoured the archives and personal recollections of people who witnessed it first hand, from children having to share the event with their birthday to soldiers enviously watching the celebrations from afar.
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2 months ago |
historyanswers.co.uk | Jonathan Gordon
Like many growing up I learnt about the ancient Egyptians in school and was taught about the two crowns of Egypt. The confusingly arranged Upper Egypt (in the south) and Lower Egypt (in the north) had the Hedjet and Deshret respectively and when the two kingdoms were combined, the crowns were merged to become the double crown, known as the Pschent. What I don’t recall being taught about is which pharaoh actually did the merging.
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Feb 20, 2025 |
historyanswers.co.uk | Jonathan Gordon
Immortalised on film by Charlton Heston in 1961, who was the real El Cid? How did a Castilian knight find himself ruler of his own kingdom? What would set him against both Muslim and Christian armies in the age of the Reconquista? These are just some of the questions we looked to answer as we put together our latest issue.
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