The Return of Ruthless Richard
A brutal king comes back to life in a frenzy of forensic romance. Simon Schama looks back at the strongman Richard III.
Bond is Back
Shake us. Stir us. James Bond is back and cooler than ever. The iconic spy at 50. By Simon Schama.
Vidal's Spidery Glee
Simon Schama says the provocateur brilliantly skewered our self-deceptions, though his irony developed a frosty rime at its bitter edge.
The Greatest Day of Her Life
Queen Elizabeth II celebrates a glorious 60 years on the throne with her Diamond Jubilee. Renowned historian Simon Schama recounts the day a 27-year-old woman galvanized a modern nation.
Titanic's Wake
All walks of life teemed aboard the RMS Titanic—from dollar dukes to striving immigrants. Little did they know how they would be betrayed.
No Downers in Downton
Why have Americans fallen for a show that serves up snobbery by the bucketful?
Why You Should Care About Europe
As the economic crisis rages, leading British historian Simon Schama makes an impassioned plea: America's fate remains deeply intertwined with the continent.
Rome, Reimagined
Robert Hughes's exhilarating new history gives us an Eternal City steeped in more than the legends of Caesar.
Painter in the Flesh
Eye of the hawk: Lucian Freud was a profoundly confrontational artist, assaulting his subjects in paint. By Simon Schama.
The League of Fallen Idols
What the fate of Roger Clemens tells us about our craving for heroes.
The Founding Fathers, Unzipped
The Constitution's framers were flawed like today's politicians, we should stop embalming them in infallibility.