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New perspectives on Corbyn and CorbynismJeremy Corbyn speaking at a rally

New perspectives on Corbyn and Corbynism

Alan Bennett uses the character Irwin in The History Boys to argue that “our perspective on the past alters. Looking back, immediately in front of us is dead ground. We don't see it, and because we don't see it this means that there is no period so remote as the recent past. And one of the historian's jobs is to anticipate what our perspective of that period will be.”

Posted on: 11 February 2021