"Can we trust the BBC with our history ?" is a question posed by a group of academics gathered together under the banner History Reclaimed. Their answer is 'No', and the debate has been filling up column inches and airtime in the seasonal fallow period.
I've idled away time looking at History Reclaimed's editors and editorial board, and mused if there was a relationship between their position on the BBC's history output and Europe. Here are my findings
Robert Tombs (Brexiteer)
David Abulalfia (Brexiteer)
David Abulalfia (Brexiteer)
Zewditu Gebreyohanes (too young to have voted in 2016; worked with Cornelia Van Der Poll on Restore Trust, trying to win control of the National Trust)
Nigel Biggar (Brexiteer)
Marie Kawthar Daouda (lived in France at time of Brexit vote)
Saul David (regular contributor to The Telegraph)
Niall Ferguson (voted Remain, now regrets it)
Lawrence Goldman
Simon Haines (based in Australia)
Liam Kennedy (based in Dublin)
Cornelia Van Der Poll (Restore Trust)
Gwythian Prins (Brexiteer)
Guy Rowlands (Brexiteer)
Alka Sehgal Cuthbert (Brexiteer)
Doug Stokes (Brexiteer)
Elizabeth Weiss (anthropologist based in the States)
Nigel Biggar (Brexiteer)
Marie Kawthar Daouda (lived in France at time of Brexit vote)
Saul David (regular contributor to The Telegraph)
Niall Ferguson (voted Remain, now regrets it)
Lawrence Goldman
Simon Haines (based in Australia)
Liam Kennedy (based in Dublin)
Cornelia Van Der Poll (Restore Trust)
Gwythian Prins (Brexiteer)
Guy Rowlands (Brexiteer)
Alka Sehgal Cuthbert (Brexiteer)
Doug Stokes (Brexiteer)
Elizabeth Weiss (anthropologist based in the States)
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