Compare the scale and magnifcence of Versailles with St James's - the brick-built hovel in which the 18th-century kings of England lived.… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
Historians have become far too precious. Their work has become ever more specialised and, as they steadily lose the context of their… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
Out of the chaos of post-Roman Dark Age Britain, the English had created the world's first nation-state: One king, one country, one… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
I've got no problem with getting history wrong for a purpose - Shakespeare often got things wrong for a reason. But it's… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
In the same way that I've no desire to live in earlier historical periods, I never touch historical recipes. Most historical cooking… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
I wouldn't dream of commenting on Hilary Mantel as a novelist, frankly I'd be grateful if she stayed off my patch as… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
Delving into history is not an escape for me. I'm like a detective, sniffing for clues with a terrier-like excitement. — David Starkey Copy Share Image
It's very easy to front 'The Weakest Link;' it takes 10 minutes to prepare. But it takes three months to prepare an… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
The Tudors' is terrible history with no point. It's wrong for no purpose. — David Starkey Copy Share Image
We really should stop taking historical novelists seriously as historians. The idea that they have authority is ludicrous. They are very good… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
The whole history of the 20th century can be written in an utterly fascinating way. — David Starkey Copy Share Image
When you look at the history of the monarchy, there's one period that stands out where it is held in universally, awe-inspired… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
The wives of Henry VIII are too big to be left to chick lit. Their importance is the impact they have on… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
I was born in a council house, my father left school at the age of 11, had his teeth out without anaesthetic at the… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
I was a complete and typical only child. I was bookish, and sport was out of the question anyway. I had read all of… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
Compare the scale and magnifcence of Versailles with St James's - the brick-built hovel in which the 18th-century kings of England lived. What was… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
Churchill may have made some horrendous mistakes - Gallipoli, for one - but he had a sense of the profundity and integrity of the… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
We have this extraordinarily unbalanced constitution, in which we have an elected dictatorship of the prime minister. — David Starkey Copy Share Image
Historians have become far too precious. Their work has become ever more specialised and, as they steadily lose the context of their studies, they… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
Floating the idea that every kid in Brixton can become a whizkid at information technology is dishonest. — David Starkey Copy Share Image
What I love doing is creating a room, with attractive paintings and colours and furnishings - very much my mother. — David Starkey Copy Share Image
