As an undergraduate, did you feel history was skewing in a male-centric way? I would never approach history as I should. There's no agenda for me. It just comes down to storytelling. And if it's good storytelling based on great facts and reliable sources, then it has as much right to be on the bookshelf as anything else. So that's our number two. At Cambridge, it was just thoroughly wonderful. I had a wonderful time. The quality of what they were teaching me wasn't really about a male, female skewing or any... It was just about how fantastic these stories were.
In this archive episode from 2021, we hear from a panel of historians, authors and broadcasters – Hallie Rubenhold, Natalie Livingstone, Dan Jones and chair Saul David – about how women's stories and female historians have been marginalised throughout history. The conversation recorded at The Cliveden Literary Festival also discusses how historians today can help redress the imbalance.
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