“More than 100 historians have signed an open letter expressing their dismay at Starkey’s controversial comments on the riots during an appearance on the BBC’s Newsnight programme. They asked the BBC to stop referring to Starkey as a ‘historian’ on anything but his specialist subject, the Tudors, claiming that he is ‘ill-fitted’ to hold forth on other topics …” (more)
[Anita Singh, Daily Telegraph, 26 August]