In a further podcast for History Reclaimed Book Prize series Paul Moon, Professor of History at Auckland University of Technology, talks about his new book Colonising New Zealand: A Reappraisal.

In a new podcast for the History Reclaimed Book Prize Nicholas Orme, Emeritus Professor of History at Exeter University tells us how he has spent a life-time – in fact 60 years – writing his new book “Going to Church in Medieval England”.

In a new podcast for the History Reclaimed Book Prize Dr Edward Shawcross tells us how he turned his PHD thesis into a book focusing on one of the most extraordinary stories in history, the execution of Ferdinand Maximilian.

In an Exclusive podcast for History Reclaimed, David Abulafia, Professor of Mediterranean History at Cambridge University, spells out why he thinks the refusal of what is called the “woke brigade” to debate history with those who oppose their views is dangerous for Society.

In an exclusive podcast with Dr Alka Sehgal-Cuthbert says that she is “disturbed” by so-called theories of “white privilege” which by-pass empirical historical research methods to focus instead on “social justice”, as a prism through which historical events should be judged.

In a new #podcast documentary the History Reclaimed website speaks to six leading historians and commentators to explore the #noplatform culture and why history teaching needs to be rigorous and objective in the values it sets out and the stories it tells.

When in 2017 Professor Bruce Gilley published an 8,500 word article on “The case for Colonialism” in a professional journal, Peer reviewed, it caused such a stir it was taken down, but since then his supporters have grown and that same article can now be found here on the History Reclaimed website.

Ruth tells how she left Ireland and her Roman Catholic upbringing to take residence in England where she felt the culture allowed her more freedom to think for herself and challenge the orthodoxies she had grown up with, which were often full of “hate and lies”.

History Reclaimed author Joanna Williams has spoken up to reassess Critical Race Theory, the topical prism through which in recent years history is now being re-written and believes that far from ending racism in society today it will perpetuate it.

Jeff Fynn-Paul is a Senior Lecturer in Economic History and International Studies at Leiden University, The Netherlands.