Every austerity measure that Cameron and George Osborne make is being presented in Scotland as the English starving us. Norman Davies Read Quote
It’s unimaginable to meet a Pole or a German who does not know about the history of their country. But lots of English people don’t know the difference between Britain and England. Norman Davies Read Quote
I do belong to the club which doesn’t see a distinction between academic history and popular history. Norman Davies Read Quote
Only by painting the great panorama of history, can the great history-reading public be entertained or satisfied. Norman Davies Read Quote
Each side tries to legitimize their aims by appealing to history, sometimes selectively choosing episodes and other times just by inventing history. Norman Davies Read Quote
The Law and Justice government does not want a bunch of foreign historians to decide what goes on in ‘their’ museum. Norman Davies Read Quote
Poland in the 1990s saw a surge of unrestrained, American-style capitalism. With millions of Poles living in the U.S.A., the defeat of communism led many to aim for a lifestyle derivative of Chicago or Detroit. Norman Davies Read Quote
It is important to remember that John Paul II was not an American or a Frenchman. Norman Davies Read Quote