The Latest Breaking News from Simon Schama

The historian on taking the social pulse of the nation in his new TV series, why we’re such word addicts, and his fear that the needle in the US is moving towards red

This cultural history of the British people is a vague, subjective take that lurches into the reactionary when it tackles social media. It’s a far cry from being a ‘major’ series

As art and cultural historian Simon Schama has explained, the term “landscape” originated from Dutch and German etymology – literally speaking of shaping the land as a cultural activity. It is gratifying to see this term being rehabilitated after decades of substitution for the term “environment”.

Rightwing culture warriors can’t help torching the truth with observations on New York’s landmark and London’s Ulez

Pandemics. Quarantine. Vaccines. These concepts have been at the forefront of our minds for over three years now. Having lived through the height of the COVID pandemic, it would be easy for us to imagine we have just experienced something unique in human history.

The historian and broadcaster on his favourite new sitcom, a moving art memoir, and why no one beats Anselm Kiefer

The historian offers up lessons from past pandemics in an indictment of modern leaders’ response to Covid

These two foodstuffs go hand in hand, and this tart is an excellent choice for Easter. If you still get hold of some bright pink forced rhubarb, even better

In trying to emasculate the judiciary and by allying himself with the far right, the prime minister has alienated the people