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Colin Kidd

Colin Kidd is a historian specialising in American and Scottish history. He is professor of history at the University of St Andrews

Biden heal America?America remains divided, but this study by Robert D. Putnam and Shaylyn Romney Garrett points out that it has emerged before from an era of inequality and partisanship.

Can it again?12 Nov 2020 08.30 CETMarch 2020Book of the dayShakespeare in a Divided America by James Shapiro review – the Bard and the culture warsInterracial marriage, cross-dressing and

Trump as Caesar – the cultural politics of Shakespeare in the US6 Mar 2020 08.30 CETJuly 2019Charles I’s Killers in America by Matthew Jenkinson review – regicides on the runHow two of the

men who signed Charles’s death warrant evaded their hunters makes for a delightful read, and had an influence on the American revolution31 Jul 2019 13.00 CESTMay 2019Book of the dayUpheaval

by Jared Diamond review – how nations cope with crisisNativism, complacency, suspicion of neighbours … this timely study warns that democracy is fragile1 May 2019 08.29 CESTJuly 2018Book of

the dayBehold, America by Sarah Churchwell review – the underside of the ‘American dream’This timely survey traces the political roots of the current ‘America First’ movement back to the

early 20th century14 Jul 2018 08.30 CEST…… commentsMarch 2018Thomas Paine by JCD Clark review – a High Tory on the radical heroThe veteran enfant terrible of English historians sets out to

rescue the author of Common Sense from ‘from the enormous approbation of posterity’31 Mar 2018 10.00 CEST…… commentsDecember 2017Till Time’s Last Sand by David Kynaston review – the Bank of

England from crisis to crisisA history of the ‘Old Lady’ from 1694 to 2013 reveals the bank as very different from the comfortable establishment fixture of popular assumption14 Dec 2017

11.00 CET…… commentsMarch 2017Oliver Cromwell by David Horspool review – Britain’s chance to be a republicCromwell has controversially been included in the Penguin Monarchs series. This

compelling book charts his rise to power8 Mar 2017 10.00 CET…… commentsOctober 2016Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow review – the man behind the musicalThis acclaimed biography, which

inspired the award-winning hip-hop musical, salvages the reputation of a Founding Father long accused of despoiling the innocence of the US13 Oct 2016 16.00 CEST…… commentsAugust 2016Book of

the dayContinental Drift review – the rise of EuroscepticismWhat would Churchill think of Brexit? Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon’s history of the European project brings an outsider’s perspective

to our current squabbles10 Aug 2016 08.30 CEST…… commentsJune 2016Jacobites by Jacqueline Riding review– the myths of Bonnie Prince CharlieToo many books about the 1745 rebellion and

Culloden are full of false parallels or dripping in sentiment. This enthralling narrative is an exception25 Jun 2016 11.00 CEST…… commentsApril 2016Benjamin Franklin in London by G

eorge Goodwin review – demolishing a legendFor the founding father, England was tangible, familiar, almost home. His campaigns for republican independence, and identity as a homespun

American, were very much a last resort29 Apr 2016 17.00 CEST…… commentsJanuary 2016Brexit: the golden opportunity that could become Sturgeon’s nightmareColin KiddEngland voting to leave the

European Union could break up the United Kingdom. But Scotland voting to remain is far from certain14 Jan 2016 19.46 CET…… commentsFebruary 2015Between Two Worlds: How the English Became

Americans by Malcolm Gaskill – review20 Feb 2015 08.30 CET…… commentsThe Liberty Tree review – Murray Armstrong on the life of Thomas Muir5 Feb 2015 16.00 CET…… commentsAugust 2014The

Intellectual Life of Edmund Burke by David Bromwich – review

Bromwich's biography – From the Sublime and Beautiful to American Independence – explores Burke's early career and uncovers a Romanticism at odds with his conservatism, writes Colin Kidd

Edwin Morgan left £1m to the SNP, JK Rowling has donated the same amount to Better Together. To what extent does Scottish literature point in the direction of going it alone? By Colin

Kidd

The former PM's new book argues that the British state is caring and sharing, while the EU is a mere fiscal union, writes Colin Kidd

10 Jun 2014 09.00 CEST…… commentsJanuary 2014Acts of Union, Acts of Disunion by Linda Colley – reviewIn the year of the Scottish referendum, Linda Colley looks at the past, and the future,

of Britishness. By Colin Kidd9 Jan 2014 10.00 CET…… commentsDecember 2013The Republic: the Fight for Irish Independence 1918-1923 by Charles Townshend – reviewTownshend's magnificent,

unflinching history of the fight for Irish independence holds out the prospect for truth and reconciliation. By Colin Kidd20 Dec 2013 12.00 CET…… commentsAbout 22 results for Colin Kidd12