Champion Quote by Denise Lewis

I think it is vitally important to study History. If we are going to lead Britain safely into the future, it is essential that…

— Tony Blair

Being in London has really taught me how important history is. Just having information of the past. It helps you predict the future, which…

— Donald Glover

I don't think the British carry a historical consciousness either.

— Tom Paulin

Teaching the history of the British Empire links in with that of the world: for better and for worse, the Empire made us what…

— Antony Beevor

As British people, we don't often face what our role in history is. We're only just beginning to do that. Storytellers have an incredibly…

— Rege-Jean Page

In Britain, British history is naturally a mainstream subject. Step outside your own narrow specialism, and you can find yourself treading on someone else's…

— Linda Colley

Without history we are infants. Ask what binds the British Isles more closely to America than to Europe and only history gives a reply.…

— Simon Jenkins

For all the casual slurs about 'cultural imperialism', British imperialists were more interested in other cultures than anybody before or since, and, if they…

— Mark Steyn

Were you to read the British press today, you would learn that the British Empire never forgets its defeats.

— Robert Trout

Your great country is wonderful at stealing pieces of history and using it for its own purposes, so there didn't seem to be anything…

— Michael Apted

The proud fight against colonialism is one that should be consigned to history.

— Winnie Byanyima

I'm resigned to the fact that the corseted history of America is not as exciting as that of Britain.

— Felicia Day