The Church of England, and other national institutions, express determination to root out or...
Author - Robert Tombs
Netflix and the Raj
The vogue for facile anti-imperialism is not innocent. Apart from the distortions and slanders it...
Ukraine and 20th century history
The epic in Ukraine sheds light on the great tragedies of the last century. Reflection on past and...
The Canadian ‘genocide’: the origins and development of a Woke...
We have previously published material on the extraordinary claims of ‘genocide’ in Canada, based on...
“St Paul’s Cathedral celebrates a slaver”
This is the headline that you will not read on the BBC news site or the Cathedral’s own website...
Debating the British Empire
Debate is better than ‘cancellation’. After Professor Alan Lester and I appeared together on GB...
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...
Must Marx and Engels be cancelled?
If a hint of support for racism, imperial conquest and genocide are sufficient reason for...
Cultural institutions are applying double standards to create a...
If cultural institutions are sincere about educating the public about history, I would applaud. But...
Museums and history
Given that little is taught in our schools, museums are major teachers of history for the millions...
