The name’s Schama, Simon Schama . . . Schaken, not Schtirred. Telly’s foremost cultural historian is nursing a soft spot for literature’s most politically incorrect spy. Drooling over a ...

Simon Schama examines how artists and writers, ranging from James Bond creator Ian Fleming to two-tone band The Specials, have responded to the changing face of post-imperial Britain. Show more ...

Simon Schama looks at artists who’ve explored why the landscape matters to people's sense of who they are. From Philip Larkin to Seamus Heaney and Derek Jarman. Featuring U2’s Bono.

Historian Simon Schama explores how a phrase very similar to the term ‘fake news’ was co-opted by the Jacobin government in France to silence any ‘enemies of the people’. Those ‘enemies ...

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 ...

Taoiseach Simon Harris has welcomed the Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal following “15 months of immense human suffering and destruction”. Mr Harris said he hoped the deal will now receive the ...

President Michael D Higgins was right to make reference to the war in Gaza during a speech marking Holocaust Memorial Day, Tánaiste Simon Harris has said. Several members of the Jewish community ...

After a ceasefire agreed by Israel and Hamas halted more than 15 months of war in Gaza, Dr Jamal Salaha spoke of the relief he felt as dead and wounded people finally stopped streaming into his ...

Belal Mortaja, Raghad Ezaat Hamouda and Rami Naser bring you into the heart of Gaza, where 15 months of Israeli airstrikes have decimated water, power and food sources. While the news of the long ...

The situation in Gaza remains dire, with over 46,500 people killed and 1.9 million displaced The Middle East has witnessed a significant breakthrough with the announcement of a ceasefire agreement ...