Heritage

18 Jul, 2002 940 History of Europe

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the role history and heritage have played in the formation of the British national identity. Historians have often maintained a guarded relationship with the so-called “heritage industry”, believing that it presents a distorted version of national life: a Merrie England that is politically acceptable and economically rewarding. History, in contrast, is held to reveal the truth about the past - objectively and scientifically. Our understanding of history changed since the 19th century and, as historians interpret our time and our society, so will our ideas of heritage and history.

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Guests

  • David Cannadine 3 episodes
    Director of the University of London's Institute of Historical Research
  • Miri Rubin 12 episodes
    Professor of European History at Queen Mary, University of London
  • Peter Mandler 3 episodes
    Fellow in History, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

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