British passion for Chinese tea was unstoppable, but the Chinese had no desire for our offerings, however much we tried to sell them woolen clothes or cutlery. Kate Williams Read Quote
My Welsh grandmother Mair didn’t meet my grandfather until she was 28, quite old to be unmarried in the early ’40s. Kate Williams Read Quote
I’ve always considered myself to look like a rather plain-and-exhausted bluestocking, so it’s rather odd to read Tweets commenting on my appearance. Kate Williams Read Quote
I think increasingly we want to read the history that wasn’t written by the victors. Kate Williams Read Quote
I really enjoy watching TV; it offers an amazing window, and its an incredible way of presenting history to young people in particular. Kate Williams Read Quote
When I was a child, one of my first games was a time machine which I made for my brother – a big box covered in silver and bits of cellophane. I’d close him up in it and joggle him and say, ‘We’re in Victorian times now… and now we’re in Egyptian times, and I can see all these pyramids and pharaohs.’ Kate Williams Read Quote
The modern museum has multiple purposes – to curate and preserve, to research, and to reach out to the public. They challenge us and ask us to question our assumptions about the past or the world around us. Kate Williams Read Quote
Precise historical reasons are difficult to pinpoint, but red hair, it seems, bestows a sense of otherness. Red is the colour of blood and danger. Kate Williams Read Quote
Analysis of soil, grave goods and skeletons has been key to our understanding of archaeology and the migration of peoples, as well as their daily lives. But in mainstream history, we tend to stick to documents. Kate Williams Read Quote
Some archives and record offices are housed in your local museum or library; others have their own stand-alone building. Wherever they are, they are a treasure trove. Kate Williams Read Quote
