Simon Schama is a professor of history and art history at Columbia University. He is a contributing editors of the Financial Times, and regular broadcaster and documentary film maker for the BBC.
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Painter in the Flesh
Eye of the hawk: Lucian Freud was a profoundly confrontational artist, assaulting his subjects in... MORE
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The League of Fallen Idols
What the fate of Roger Clemens tells us about our craving for heroes. MORE
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Out, Damned Tweet!
Shakespeare's lessons in eloquence have never been more important. MORE
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Death of a Modernist Master
Cy Twombly’s art is widely appreciated.... MORE
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The Founding Fathers, Unzipped
The Constitution’s framers were flawed like today’s politicians, we should stop embalming them in... MORE
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Polanski's Brilliant Comeback
Simon Schama says Roman Polanski’s new movie The Ghost Writer—starring Pierce Brosnan and Ewan... MORE
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No More Mr. Eloquent
Obama’s inaugural speech had few rhetorical highs.... MORE
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The Capital Goes Nuts
After nearly 30 years of Democratic disappointment, none of us could quite believe the Obama... MORE
