The past is not a guide to the future, but remembering is still a vital act of defiance
Giving tours of parliament used to remind me of history's biggest lesson: most people don’t learn from history.
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Why the wounds of Bloody Sunday have not healed, 50 years on
The murders of 14 civilians by the British Army in Northern Ireland in 1972 was covered up for decades –…
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Why Neville Chamberlain will forever be discredited by his policy of appeasement
A new Netflix film, based on Robert Harris’s novel, attempts to rehabilitate the former prime minister – but his legacy…
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Historians have become soft targets in the culture wars. We should fight back
The “rewriting of history” is not some act of professional misconduct but literally the job of professional historians.
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Letter from Germany: A train journey through Prussia’s heartlands
The not-quite vanished state is central to the history of Europe. Riding the RE1 train from Brandenburg to the Polish…
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How China is reclaiming history
America sees the Second World War as its “good war”, when it won the right to world leadership. Now China…
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How Britain was built on coal
The mining industry once defined the nation. Its absence still haunts today’s politics.
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How the Chinese Communist Party is policing the past to secure its future
What a “historical nihilism hotline” and a new party resolution tell us about Xi Jinping’s vision for China.
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