Debate is better than ‘cancellation’. After Professor Alan Lester and I appeared together on GB...
Author - Robert Tombs
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...
William Ewart Gladstone
William Ewart Gladstone has been added to the hit list, and Liverpool University predictably rushed...
Captain James Cook
Scapegoating James Cook is a facile response to problems that we are far from having solved. We...
Cultural institutions are applying double standards to create a...
If cultural institutions are sincere about educating the public about history, I would applaud. But...
