SCIENCE A SERIES OF FORTUNATE EVENTS by Sean B. Carroll (Princeton University Press £18.99, 224 pp) Sixty-six million years ago, the world nearly came to an end. An asteroid hit the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico with devastating global effects. The dinosaurs were effectively wiped out. Mammals, better equipped to survive, were able to take their … Read more
TV historian Lucy Worsley leads ‘review’ of royal palaces’ links to slavery including Prince William and Kate Middleton’s Kensington Palace home Historic Royal Palaces review follows similar exercise by the National Trust Review being led by Lucy Worsley, 46, known for BBC history documentaries The historian also described National Trust as ‘ahead of the game’ … Read more
Controversial statues should be placed in a ‘museum of colonialism’, leading historian claims William Dalrymple a ‘museum of colonialism’ would highlight ‘war criminals’ Would include controversial commander-in-chief of India Sir Colin Campbell Oversaw cruel punishment on rebels – including firing them from a cannon By Jemma Carr For Mailonline Published: 02:19 BST, 16 September 2020 | Updated: … Read more
More used to talking about war than fighting one, TV historian Neil Oliver says lately he has felt like he’s in ‘the Ypres Salient in the First World War’, fighting skirmish after skirmish. The area in Belgium was the scene of some of the Western Front’s fiercest battles and, recently, the 53-year-old presenter has found … Read more
November 1917, and the day dawned dank and foggy over the water-logged trenches near Cambrai in eastern France. Not surprisingly, Gefreiter (Lance-Corporal) Wilhelm Bar of Germany‘s 27th Reserve Infantry Regiment was feeling more demoralised than usual. Then suddenly, out of the mist, burst a hurricane of shellfire, swiftly followed by the grinding sound of hundreds … Read more
TV historian David Olusoga said racism in broadcasting left him clinically depressed. The Civilisations presenter said it is ‘lonely’ as a black person in the television industry and he has often been left feeling ‘patronised and marginalised’ throughout his career. Speaking in the wake of the global Black Lives Matter movement, the historian said the industry … Read more
Outrage as TV historian becomes the second white BBC presenter says the N word on air in three days American History’s Biggest Fibs presented by Lucy Worsley aired on Saturday The show covered the history of slavery and a speech by Abraham Lincoln Worsley provided reaction to Lincoln saying black people should be able to … Read more
Popular historian and bestselling author Tom Holland said many Britons will regard the boarding up of Winston Churchill’s statue as ‘sinister’ after it was covered to protect it from further attacks. Mr Holland, 52, also claimed the sight of locals in Poole, Dorset, needing to defend the statue of founder of the Scouting movement Robert Baden-Powell … Read more