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Margaret Thatcher: Gone With the Wind...

David McAlmont | Posted 11.04.2013 | UK Entertainment
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David McAlmont

By the time I got home somebody on Facebook was expressing concern about the fact that Ding Dong the Witch is Dead had entered the i-Tunes chart. Lyricist Yip Harburg would be delighted. He was a staunch socialist targeted by the House of Un-American Activities Committee. He wouldn't have liked Thatcher any.

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Downton Blasted As 'Cultural Necrophilia'

The Huffington Post UK | Sarah Dean | Posted 18.01.2012 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Downton Abbey, Simon Schama, Julian Fellowes, Uktvdrama, UK TV, UK Entertainment News

Historian Simon Schama has attacked Downton Abbey, saying it "serves up a steaming, silvered tureen of snobbery". Writing in Newsweek, Schama, an e...

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Travelling Light at the Whitechapel Gallery

Neil Simpson | Posted 19.02.2012 | Home
Read More: Britishness, Byron, Richard Long, Nelson, Grayson Perry, Travelling Light, Rachel Lowe, Tacitia Dean, Simon Schama, Van Dyke, Holbein, Vanessa Bell, Whitechapel Gallery, Byzantine Lady, Palast, Zoffany, UK Art, UK Culture, Home News
Neil Simpson

How would you explain Britishness? If we were introducing a foreign ambassador to Britannia with no prior knowledge of her, save for the embarrassing 'ums' and 'ahs' of Mr Bean and Hugh Grant, we would surely draw on a few comfortable self-induced stereotypes.

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Simon Schama Discusses England's History Curriculum

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 03.09.2011 | UK
Read More: Education News, Simon Schama, History, Margaret Thatcher, Education, National Curriculum Review, Michael Gove, History Association, History Curriculum, UK News

When asked about his role in overhauling England's national history curriculum, famed historian Simon Schama understates his contributions. "It's n...

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