For all too many people, history consists of no more than a set of familiar and well-worn stories such as the incompetence of First World War British generals, the heroic struggle of the suffragettes and the saintly devotion to duty of Florence Nightingale. We seldom stop to ask ourselves if Florence Nightingale actually saved any lives or whether the suffragettes hindered or helped women to gain the vote. In this channel, Simon Webb, author of many books of popular history, examines some of our favorite historical characters and incidents, looking at the truth behind the myths. We learn, for example, that Magna Carta has nothing to do with habeus corpus or the so-called 'British Values' and that slavers from Africa were raiding England at least half a century before the English began taking slaves from Africa. This channel is for anybody who has ever questioned the stories which they learned during history lessons at school.
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A black, Caribbean nation which has been self-governing for over two hundred years
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At last, some good news about illegal immigration to Britain across the English Channel
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‘Where are you really from?’ Willesden, rather than Africa, and my name is really Marlene Headley…
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Another unreported race riot in London, featuring the usual suspects
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Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race; the hideous ignorance of Reni Eddo-Lodge
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Plans have been laid for sit-down protests about Gaza to occupy London railway stations on Saturday
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Should it bother anybody in Britain that 90% of our new barristers are from China and India?
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The invasion of Europe begins in earnest; the storming of the Spanish border by Africans
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Why do black people not celebrate their own literature and history, rather than copying others?
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Dozens of mysterious fires start in Britain and are immediately blamed on climate change
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When we allow Muslim protestors to close down schools in the British capital…
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What are the chances of that? Ethnicity and certain types of criminal offences
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What do Rotherham, Sheffield, Oxford, Bristol, Telford and Newcastle have in common?