The Capitalist
Robert Tombs: Britain needs a better story
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Why has it become a reflex for Britain to emphasise the worst of our history while neglecting the best?
This week on The Capitalist, Marc Sidwell speaks with Robert Tombs, emeritus professor of French history at Cambridge and author of The English and Their History, about Our Islands’ Story, the new book he has written with Nigel Biggar. It’s out next week.
They discussed why the history of…