Rob Attar

Bristol

Editor at BBC History Magazine (UK)

Editor of BBC History Magazine. Also found on HistoryExtra podcast. Bristol.

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What Do US Presidents Do After Leaving The White House? 8 Next Steps

Nov 4, 2024 | historyextra.com | Rob Attar

A year earlier Roosevelt had become a target himself when a German bartender shot him in the chest as he prepared to give a speech in Milwaukee. Bravely, he opted to deliver the address as planned before making his way to hospital where doctors were relieved to discover his wounds were not life-threatening. First president George Washington liked nothing better than tending to his Virginian estate Mount Vernon.
A hidden history of black civil rights

Oct 1, 2024 | historyextra.com | Rob Attar

Preorder it now from Amazon Advertisement MPU article Listen to the first episode of our podcast series on the US civil rights movement of the mid 20th century here Podcast episode Culture Social history...
Fictionalising The Holocaust: What The Tattooist Of Auschwitz Tells Us

May 9, 2024 | historyextra.com | Rob Attar

These are questions I was keen to put to Professor Richard J Evans, one of the world’s leading experts on Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. We spoke just before the release of the TV adaptation of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, which is one of 2024’s most hotly anticipated historical dramas. It’s based on a 2018 novel by Heather Morris, which is itself centred on the real story of Slovakian Jewish Holocaust survivor Lale Sokolov (a tattooist at Auschwitz), who met the author in later life.
Can you answer these questions about previous issues of BBC History Magazine?

Feb 20, 2024 | historyextra.com | Rob Attar

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Weimar Germany: everything you wanted to know

Oct 14, 2023 | historyextra.com | Rob Attar

The decade and a half between the end of the First World War and the ascent of Nazism is one of the most debated and mythologised periods of German history. The democratic Weimar Republic was a period of great political instability but is also renowned for its liberal social attitudes and cultural achievements.
Re-examining women in the Roman empire

Oct 10, 2023 | historyextra.com | Rob Attar

St Augustine of Hippo is one of the most influential Christian thinkers of the past 2,000 years – and his work also offers fresh insights into the lives of women in the late Roman empire. That’s the contention of the historian Kate Cooper, who has drawn on his Confessions to tell the stories of Augustine’s mother, his lover, his fiancée and the Roman empress Justina, in her Cundill History Prize-shortlisted book Queens of a Fallen World.
The brutal WW2 battle for Italy

Oct 2, 2023 | historyextra.com | Rob Attar

When Allied forces invaded Italy in September 1943, they hoped to be in Rome by Christmas. But by the end of the year, after four months of unrelenting warfare, the Italian capital was still 70 miles away. Historian, author and podcaster James Holland speaks to Rob Attar about this savage clash between the Allies and Nazi Germany. James Holland is the author of The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943 (Bantam, 2023)
Sign up to our ancient history newsletter

Sep 19, 2023 | historyextra.com | Rob Attar

I’m Rob, the editor of BBC History Magazine and a longstanding contributor to the HistoryExtra podcast and website. In my fortnightly ancient history newsletter, I’ll be ranging across the ancient world, exploring some of the key themes and sharing some of the most fascinating stories. Plus, I’ll be highlighting the best ancient history content we’ve been working on in recent months, across the magazine, website, podcast and video.
The triumph of Joan of Arc

Sep 3, 2023 | historyextra.com | Rob Attar

In 1429 a young peasant woman burst onto the scene and transformed the fortunes of England and France in the Hundred Years’ War. In today’s episode, medieval historian and former supreme court judge Jonathan Sumption joins Rob Attar to discuss the fifth and final volume of his epic history of the conflict, revealing how the arrival of Joan of Arc set the scene for one of England’s most significant defeats.
Rome v Carthage: everything you wanted to know

Sep 2, 2023 | historyextra.com | Rob Attar

Of all the enemies the Roman empire faced in its centuries-long history, one name stood out: Hannibal. In the late third century BC, the Carthaginian general came dangerously close to destroying Rome and utterly reshaping the history of the world. Hannibal’s campaigns were a pivotal episode in the Punic Wars (264-146 BC), and these three conflicts between Rome and Carthage are the subject of this Everything You Wanted to Know episode.