Andrew O’Hagan chaired this discussion between Linda Colley, R.W. Johnson and Tom Devine about national histories and the ways they should, and should not, be taught. The event grew out of Richard J. Evans’s piece, ‘The Wonderfulness of Us (the Tory Interpretation of History)’, in the LRB of 17 March 2011.
Hands-On History
Andrew O’Hagan, Linda Colley, R.W. Johnson and Tom Devine
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