Historian Simon Schama wants to make truth sexy again

FT Everything Else by Forhecz Topher

Oct 28, 202427:04Society & Culture

Historian Sir Simon Schama is one of the most influential public intellectuals of our time. So when he replied to our invitation to come on the show ahead of the US presidential election by saying he wanted to talk about...

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