The way history is currently taught in schools, jumping from Hitler to the Henrys, is like a nightmare vision of Star Wars, where you have episode four before you have episode one. The sense of going on a journey, of chronology and continuity, is incredibly important to the imagination.
Simon SchamaThe way history is currently taught in schools, jumping from Hitler to the Henrys, is like a nightmare vision of Star Wars, where you have episode four before you have episode one. The sense of going on a journey, of chronology and continuity, is incredibly important to the imagination.
Simon SchamaThere are some places where history just grabs you by the jugular. This is one of them.
Simon SchamaEven for the most excitable preacher, there was nothing inherently sinful about a waffle.
Simon Schama