Beginning Quote by Rege-Jean Page

What the British seem to like are television historians and naturalists, not public intellectuals. You can't help feeling that's because one supplies narrative and…

— Will Self

In America journalism is apt to be regarded as an extension of history: in Britain, as an extension of conversation.

— Anthony Sampson

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

The history of storytelling isn't one of simply entertaining the masses but of also advising, instructing, challenging the status quo.

— Therese Fowler

Most of us get our history through story.

— Yann Martel

More people telling stories leads to more interesting perspectives in this world. I often think we wouldn't get to these political impasses if we…

— Reese Witherspoon

Because of the long, long history of British shipping, immigration, trade, empire, missionaries, you can have a better shot at telling a worldwide story…

— Neil MacGregor

I'm a big champion of talking about Britain's colonial past but the important thing is not hiding it away and giving a true account…

— Denise Lewis

First and foremost, telling historical stories is very tricky because it is something that is known. It is not like you can tell a…

— Anthony Hemingway

Histories never conclude; they just pause their prose. Their stories are, if they are truthful, untidy affairs, resistant to windings-up and sortings-out. They beat…

— Simon Schama

History is ultimately storytelling. I think the more stories you write in life - and I've written a lot of screenplays, a lot of…

— Jay Chandrasekhar

Our understanding of history goes awry when we only tell one part of the story.

— Christopher Jackson