Simon Schama argues that it is impossible to understand how Shakespeare came to belong 'to all time' without comprehending just how much he was of his time. Show more Simon Schama argues that it ...

Simon looks at how Shakespeare's most profound tragedies may have been inspired by the bard's experiences writing for the courts of Elizabeth I and James I. Show more Simon Schama argues that it ...

When Simon Schama was 10 years old, his father - a frustrated actor, who had been advised by his own parents to go into a more sensible trade - took him to see Michael Benthall's production of ...

With every new series, as he edges closer and closer to Dimbleby-ian National Treasure status, Simon Schama’s archly mannered drawl becomes more and more pronounced, his camp asides more central to ...

Michael Pilgrim reviews Simon Schama's Shakespeare, the historian's BBC Two programme in which he says to understand the Bard we must appreciate how he was of his time.

Simon explores Shakespeare's attitude to the other great subject of his day - kingship. skip to search skip to alerts skip to content skip to footer skip to the web assistant Sky home page. Watch ...

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In new two-part series Shakespeare And Us, Simon Schama argues that it is impossible to understand how Shakespeare came to belong “to all time”, without understanding just how much he was of ...

In “Foreign Bodies”, Simon Schama, a British historian, lays out a sweeping social history of inoculation, a range of methods used to protect people against disease that would eventually ...

Simon Schama opens his latest book, "Foreign Bodies," with this reminder - in the end, all history is natural history. He tells how humans have contended with mass contagion and death through ...

Simon Schama opens his latest book, "Foreign Bodies," with this reminder - in the end, all history is natural history. He tells how humans have contended with mass contagion and death through ...