The National Trust has been assiduous in finding connections with slavery and empire in its...
Author - Lawrence Goldman
Three Scenes from Britain’s Galleries and Museums
No one can be in any doubt that the custodians of our great national collections have lost contact...
Working from the Sources: A Defence of History Reclaimed
Lawrence Goldman responds to Richard Huzzey’s critique of History Reclaimed in the recently...
The Church of England’s Historic Links to the Transatlantic...
The Church Commissioners have pledged £100 million over nine years in reparation for what are...
Amazing Grace and the Amazing Sums of the Dean of Trinity...
The Dean of Trinity College, Cambridge has computed that Britons today owe the peoples of the...
Empire, the Slave Trade, and Britain’s Wealth: A Reply to Will...
Will Hutton, the prominent commentator, taking issue with Kemi Badenoch, has asserted that the...
Slavery at the Fitzwilliam. Empire at the Royal Academy. Two...
Two exhibitions at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge and the Royal Academy in London present new...
Churchill Derangement Syndrome. Pride and Prejudice in the...
Two adjoining portraits in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery depict Winston Churchill and...
Dr Bulstrode on Black Metallurgists and the Industrial Revolution
A recent article has claimed that one of the key processes of the Industrial Revolution, hitherto...
Why has Clare College, Cambridge, cancelled Charles Cornwallis?
Clare College, Cambridge has removed four portraits of famous alumni from its Hall. History...
