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From pillar to post – side-lining the historic public statue of...
To down-play Western history, historical statues can be taken down or simply moved away from major...
The Prime Minister is reviving two of the worst ideas in history.
Mr Burnham’s stance on slavery encourages those who say it was the key to Britain’s economic might...
If anyone should pay slave reparations, it’s Ghana not...
The King's tour of the Caribbean has been overshadowed by claims for reparations for slavery. In...
History as McCarthyism in a ‘Persecuting Society’. The Register...
In our third and final article on the new Register of British Slave Traders we compare it to...
Misogyny and Inaccuracy in the new Register of British Slave...
The new Register of British Slave Traders claims to include 13,000 people but only gives details on...
Do the Maths. The new Register of British Slave Traders Doesn’t...
Professor Will Pettigrew has William Pitt, William Wilberforce and Henry Brougham against him
There’s no future for a nation that hates its own history
Confidence is collapsing in our culture and our institutions. The fightback must start with...
The National Trust’s distortion of history at Dyrham Park
The National Trust's depiction of British domestic and colonial history are both found wanting in...
Late-Summer 2026 History Reclaimed newsletter
Our late-summer 2026 issue takes on British empire revisionism wherever it appears: the Scots who...
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Colonialism did not cause the Indian famines
Accusations that Britain drained India of resources and starved Indians to death are nothing new in...
Was there anti-Irish racism in Britain in the postwar period?
The notorious sign “No Irish no blacks no dogs”, supposedly widespread in rented accommodation, has...
Did the British loot India?
The history of the British empire has become an ideological battle ground. The loudest voices have...
The Myth of New World Genocide
Jeff Fynn-Paul is a Lecturer in History at the University of Leiden. His research interests include...
Reviews
“Not Your Victim” by Marie Kawthar Daouda: Book...
Dr Mark Stocker reviews Not Your Victim by Marie Kawthar Daouda, an intelligent and courageous...
Institutions
Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia
Malcolm Gladwell’s bookshelves are full of books about bombing. The author of bestselling pop...
Empires
Quakers and the Post-Colonialist Fallacy
The influence of the reparations movement has led to fallacious pronouncements on historic Quaker...
Slavery
Cambridge and the Denial of Truth
The death of Jason Arday, the fantasist and plagiarist who became a professor at Cambridge...
People
Churchill wasn’t the villain of the Bengal Famine. Japan was.
A National Portrait Gallery installation claims he ‘wilfully’ inflicted mass starvation – this is a...
Ideas
The Hundred Million That Never Was: How a Reparations Slogan Was...
The claim that colonialism killed 100 million Indians has become established fact for many. But is...
Racism
Canada’s Residential Schools: The Globe and Mail Get it...
History Reclaimed has followed the story of the Canadian Residential Schools and their supposed...
Events
The Hundred Million That Never Was: How a Reparations Slogan Was...
The claim that colonialism killed 100 million Indians has become established fact for many. But is...
Museums, the Benin Bronzes and repatriation
Repatriation of Artefacts: A Recipe for Disaster
The Benin Bronzes are slated to return home to Nigeria. In their new home, they'll likely encounter...
Where are Nigeria’s Benin Bronzes?
Authorities in Nigeria have for years been demanding the repatriation of ‘Benin Bronzes’. But many...
Why is Britain making reparations to the heirs of slave owners?
Several major British institutions have announced their intention of giving valuable artefacts to...
Repatriation considered – A History Reclaimed podcast
Tiffany Jenkins is a writer, author and broadcaster. Her next book Strangers and Intimates: The...
An Open Letter to the Master of Jesus College, Cambridge
On 27 October, Jesus College held an elaborate ceremony to hand over a ‘Benin Bronze’ to its former...
Benin Bronzes: who has the moral right to decide?
HR has recently been contacted by the Restitution Study Group, speaking on behalf of descendants of...
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Why toppling statues is (almost always) wrong
Dr Mark Stocker is an art historian whose research is in late eighteenth to early-mid twentieth century art, particularly British and New Zealand art and especially sculpture, public monuments and numismatics (coins and medals)...
