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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The coincidence of the Covid-19 epidemic in Britain and the sudden, massive rise in immigration
3:07
‘Where are you really from?’ Willesden, rather than Africa, and my name is really Marlene Headley…
3:53
The 2021 Census figures for ethnicity show that white British people are a dwindling group
5:04
Evidence that ethnicity, intelligence and life-chances are linked and largely inherited
3:42
Putting a mouse in charge efforts to rid the house of an infestation of mice
4:36
The hideous social disaster in Britain which has been caused by the Covid-19 lockdowns
3:51
Is the link between ethnicity and homicide related to environment or is there a deeper cause?
5:07
How mass immigration has afflicted Britain with the same problem as the American Confederacy
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How some offences between ethnic groups are treated more leniently than others
5:11
The British civil service decides on positive discrimination towards Africans and Caribbeans
4:46
The Autumn Statement misses out something important; it’s the Covid, stupid!
4:26
Were the Covid regulations a practice run by the British state for future repression?
9:03
How Neanderthal genes might have affected intellectual ability in Europeans and Asians
5:35
Why harp on so constantly about ethnicity and nationality in modern Britain?
5:53
Why ethnically and religiously homogenous societies are more stable than multicultural ones
5:43
Are some population groups in Britain and the United States ‘superior’ to other?
5:47
Without immigration, how many women would have been the victims of homicide in London?
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Liz Truss prepares to cheat pensioners out of money they desperately need; blame the Covid-19 affair