History has become one of the major battlegrounds in the culture wars that are causing anger and alarm across the democratic world. They are particularly virulent in North America, Australasia and Britain.
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People
Columbus: a misguided genius
Like so many of the figures who were not long ago commemorated with enthusiasm but are now...
Ideas
Commemorating the past: dividing or uniting?
We have a long tradition of commemorating both sides in our historic conflicts: what we might call...
Reviews
Churchill’s Shadow: An Astonishing Life and a Dangerous Legacy...
"A long book that is virtually uninterrupted in its hostility to Winston Churchill"
Institutions
Why Britain Should Ignore Calls for Repatriation of Its Foreign...
The demand by TV historian David Olusoga, speaking at the Hay Festival, for British museums to...
Events
The White Man’s Burden Reinvented
Writing as a historian of Ireland I take a particular interest in the Canadian Historical...
Empires
Lord Curzon, the National Trust, and the Eastern Museum
Lord Curzon is not accurately represented on the National Trust website, and the historic...
Slavery
Kemi Badenoch is right
History Reclaimed opposes the abuse of history for political purposes. Here is an excellent example...
Racism
History in the United States: “The 1619 Project and Living in...
The controversy over the New York Times's ‘1619 Project ’ is the latest in a set of recurring...
Latest Articles
Preserving Deptford Town Hall
Lord Curzon, the National Trust, and the Eastern Museum
Letters to the Editors: Gillian Fazan
Submission by History Reclaimed to the public consultation on the Deptford Town Hall Statues
Columbus: a misguided genius
History in the United States: “The 1619 Project and Living in Truth”
Costs of academic freedom: two resignations and a cancellation campaign.
Debating genocide in Canada: a response to Steven High
Kemi Badenoch is right
Commemorating the past: dividing or uniting?
Popular Posts
Critical Race Theory
Critical race theory is a ruling-class ideology embraced by today's political and cultural elites...
The myth of the ‘stolen country’
If you think your country and your society are founded on crimes against humanity, this is a sure...
Slavery: It’s All Bad
It is commonly asserted that slavery in America was created by White settlers, or at least that...
The White Man’s Burden Reinvented
Writing as a historian of Ireland I take a particular interest in the Canadian Historical...