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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How the Royal Museums at Greenwich promote fake history and insult white people
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The Cody Fisher case, or how double standards operate in the media where race is concerned
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Jamaica and Singapore followed different paths after independence from Britain
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Those who denounce scientific racism never seem capable of rational and coherent argument
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How immigration has wrecked Britain’s National Insurance system and NHS
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Calling a man a woman, or a cat, does not make it so… #NotOurCrimes
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How to reduce the excess deaths in a nation at the stroke of a pen!
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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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When we allow Muslim protestors to close down schools in the British capital…
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Who could have guessed that the ghastly Suella Braverman would be replaced with somebody even worse?
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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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Gaza was once a much more pleasant place than it has become under the rule of Hamas
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AstraZeneca are being sued in the High Court in a huge legal action about the Covid vaccine
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The calls for a ceasefire in the Middle East are quite irrational and border on sheer madness
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On balance, have vaccines benefited or harmed people in Britain?
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The people running Britain during the COVID-19 business refuse to cooperate with the enquiry!
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Who are the purebloods? A modern incarnation of the 19th century Anti-Vaccination League
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The first Africans were almost certainly white, as were the first Europeans