Using agitprop play The Cheviot, The Stag and the Black Black Oil as an example, Simon tells the story of visionary artists who made us stop and think about our relationship with the land we live on.

In this middle episode, Schama traces how artists have tried to make sense of Britain’s place in the world following the end of the empire. He touches on the writing of Hanif Kureishi and ...

The historian chooses to focus on those who kicked back against tradition, rather than celebrated it, in his new BBC Two series At one point during Simon ... with Schama’s first episode of ...

Simon Schama’s Story of Us is a three-part documentary ... but nothing could stop competing voices from being heard – first on TV, in what were known as ‘open access’ programmes, and ...

Schama is surely right about the importance of culture in our national story, but this programme is a minor contribution.” “The episode often felt less like a ‘story of us’ and more like a ...