Our Islands' Story: A Better Story About Britain: 'Teaches children it's OK to be proud of British history' The Telegraph
About this ebook
In Our Islands' Story, Nigel Biggar and Robert Tombs aim to tell a better story about Britain. Though not without fault, they argue, Britain's history is rich in achievements of enduring value that deserve our appreciation and care.
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About the author
Nigel Biggar, CBE is Lord Biggar of Castle Douglas and Emeritus Regius Professor of Moral Theology at the University of Oxford. Described as “one of the leading living Western ethicists” (John Gray, New Statesman, 2020), he was appointed Commander of the British Empire “for services to higher education” in the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours list and named one of Prospect magazine’s Top Thinkers of 2024. In January 2025 he entered the House of Lords as a Conservative peer. He is the author of the best-selling Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning.
Robert Tombs is Emeritus Professor of French History at the University of Cambridge and a Life Fellow of St John’s College. He is the author of The English and Their History and This Sovereign Isle.
