The past is never dead, it isn’t even past
A History of Love & Hate in 21 Statues The furore over statues from both sides of the political spectrum can be alienating. There are often legitimate reasons as to why a statue is problematic. Edward Colston’s had gone through a long-running process of...
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The discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in November 1922 made headlines around the world. It was a good news story, after the devastating years of the Great War followed by the flu pandemic. Some canny manufacturers were so sure it was going to start a trend that they...
The Wolfson History Prize 2021 Rebecca Clifford Rebecca, congratulations on your nomination for the Wolfson History Prize of 2021 from Aspects of History. Why did you choose your particular subject? This is a two-pronged answer. Most important prong, I’ve worked with...
In choosing the setting of Roman Egypt and the lands to its south as the setting for River of Gold I found that, unlike my previous books, a quite startling amount of research was required for the author to be able to put together a story set in the Roman province of...
What first attracted you to the period or periods you work in? Roman writers were with me as an Essex teenager in the sixties and have stayed with me ever since. At sixteen I had two big passions, writing about jazz for The Daily Telegraph ( I had won a competition...
