Interview

‘The generalship at the top in the First World War was as bad as Liddell Hart said it was’.

‘People think curators sit about in armchairs drinking tea while occasionally peering at an object. It’s a little more high octane than that.’

The historian of Roman literature on Augustus’ funeral and the world’s best museum.

The historian on her love for Mary Wollstonecraft, Locke’s manuscripts and why you should wash your hands.

The historian of Russia on Dostoevsky, Foucault and sympathy for the Bolsheviks. 

We ask leading historians 20 questions on why their research matters, one book everyone should read and their views on the Tudors ...

We ask 20 questions of leading historians on why their research matters, one book everyone should read and their views on the Tudors …

We ask 20 questions of leading historians on why their research matters, one book everyone should read and their views on the Tudors …

We ask 20 questions of leading historians on why their research matters, one book everyone should read and their views on the Tudors …

We ask 20 questions of leading historians on why their research matters, one book everyone should read and their views on the Tudors …