First of all, you can make the argument that there's no such thing as the past. Nobody lived in the past.

A nation that forgets its past can function no better than an individual with amnesia.

Every book is a new journey. I never felt I was an expert on a subject as I embarked on a project.

I can fairly be called an amateur because I do what I do, in the original sense of the word - for love, because I love it. On the other hand, I think that those of us who make our living writing history can also be called true professionals.

Anti-Semitism has no business infiltrating American politics, it has no business infiltrating our college campuses, and it has no business in the halls of Congress.

I have taken the position, which is quite common among Catholics - I have got a personal feeling about abortion, but the right rule for government is to let women make their own decisions.

I am a private citizen with no political affiliation - the recommendations Remain United will make are based on robust polling and scientific methodology never before used in an E.U. election.

I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money.