The article discusses various reports published within the issue on the television program "A History of Britain," that was written and presented by Simon Schama, and aired on the British Broadcasting Corporation, in...
Visions of Albion ; Simon Schama's History of Britain, Which Begins This Saturday on BBC2, Is One of the Landmark Events of the Cultural Year. Here, in an Exclusive Preview, the Master Historian Examines the Nature of Englishness, and Looks Back into History in Search of Clues to a ...
BRACE yourself to become all patriotic, paint your face Braveheart blue and proudly sing Flower of Scotland as Simon Schama takes viewers on a fascinating journey through the history of the battle between Scotland and England.Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)...
Bite-Size Pieces Put History on a Plate; Who Would Have Thought That an Academic Living in America Could Turn A History of Britain into a Ratings-Grabbing Blockbuster, Now Picking Up Awards at Every Turn. Even Simon Schama Was Surprised, He Told Graham Kea ...
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I tried so hard to give the Scots my best shot; Simon Schama, presenter of A History of Britain, rejects criticism of his television seriesRebecca Mcquillan
By and large, though, the "everyone knows" stuff he deals with also falls into the category of "no one talks about", so there is still a sense of revelation in his work. For instance, last week, when he examined sharp practice in the world of horse-racing, he succeeded in getting ...
I've been teasing my editor on the Culture section for a couple of weeks now about my forthcoming review of Simon Schama's A History of Britain (BBC2). I told him that Schama and I had been lovers for a while, and that the eminent historian had a taste for sadomasochism of a ...