The Reith lectures are a new low in BBC history
This year’s Reith lecturer is the historian and activist Rutger Bregman. Given the way things work in the BBC, it…
David Olusoga’s Empire exposes the BBC’s history problem
While the BBC’s mis-editing of Donald Trump’s words has dominated the headlines, less attention has been paid to another example…
What Baroness Debbonaire gets wrong about Clive of India
Baroness Debbonaire, addressing the Edinburgh International Book Festival, has called for the removal of the statue of Clive of India,…
The trouble with Tate Britain
Tate Britain has had a facelift. The gallery describes its ‘rehang’, unveiled in May, as a chance for visitors to…
The problem with Cambridge University’s slavery report
It’s perfectly legitimate for Cambridge University to seek to understand its history, warts and all. But the University’s final report of its…
Has Jesus College learned anything from its Rustat defeat?
When Jesus College in the University of Cambridge set up a committee looking for ‘legacies of slavery’, they found what…
