Simon Schama
More than 100 writers sign letter in solidarity with jailed UK climate activists
Ben Okri, Simon Schama, Helen Pankhurst and AL Kennedy among those saying they ‘stand with’ protesters
Damien Gayle
06, Jan, 2023 @6:00 AM
The week in TV: The Patient; Slow Horses; Simon Schama’s History of Now; The Traitors – review
Steve Carell’s beard seems to grow in real time in a ponderous psychological thriller; Gary Oldman and co return for more grubby sleuthing; and Claudia Winkleman channels Anne Robinson
Barbara Ellen
04, Dec, 2022 @9:30 AM
Simon Schama’s History of Now review – this highly personal show is simplistic and outdated
The academic’s look at truth, democracy and art has its heart very much in the right place. But too often it’s fighting old battles rather than grasping the modern reality of untruths
Jack Seale
27, Nov, 2022 @10:15 PM
Hay festival returns with its first in-person event for three years
Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah, Bernardine Evaristo, Elif Shafak and Benedict Cumberbatch are among those taking part in the 11-day gathering in Welsh border town
Lucy Knight
05, Apr, 2022 @11:00 AM
Martina Hall obituary
Maker of arts and history films for TV with an eye for detail and a flair for celebrating the creative gifts of women
Saskia Baron
14, Sep, 2021 @4:46 PM
Culture to cheer you up during the second lockdown: part one
As parts of the UK enters another month – at least – of being stuck indoors, our critics pick out top music, games, books, TV, dance and art fixes to lift your spirits
Alexis Petridis, Keza MacDonald, Alison Flood, Lucy Mangan, Lyndsey Winship, Jonathan Jones
05, Nov, 2020 @10:51 AM
The week in TV: The Romantics and Us With Simon Schama; Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge and more – review
Simon Schama returns to the barricades, Louis Theroux chooses his greatest hits, and Sue Perkins brings her warming presence to cold hostilities
Euan Ferguson
13, Sep, 2020 @8:30 AM
TV tonight: Simon Schama on how the French Revolution changed art for ever
The historian on the artistic legacy of the Romantics, plus Gogglebox returns and Why Women Kill begins. Here’s what to watch this evening
Ammar Kalia, Jack Seale, Hannah Verdier and Paul Howlett
11, Sep, 2020 @5:00 AM
Israel's West Bank plans condemned by leading British Jewish figures
Simon Schama and Sir Malcolm Rifkind among those warning that annexation ‘would have grave consequences’ for Palestinians
Harriet Sherwood
05, Jun, 2020 @10:49 AM
Shearer v Schama: ex-England striker refuses football lesson from historian
Shearer had to remind Schama he had played in World Cup matches, as Gary Lineker and Piers Morgan continued their social media feud
Martin Belam
19, Jun, 2018 @11:25 AM
Civilisations takes on hurdles undreamt of by Kenneth Clark
Cultural sensitivities, red tape and signage plagued the making of the BBC Two series
Vanessa Thorpe Arts and Media correspondent
03, Mar, 2018 @6:41 PM
Civilisations' striking similarity to 1969 series signals slow evolution of arts TV
BBC offers spectacular global revamp of original, but with little change in its presentation
Mark Lawson
28, Feb, 2018 @5:12 PM
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