Simon Schama

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.

How Obama Threw It All Away

Historian Simon Schama asks if the president can turn things around after the disaster in Denver.

Simon Schama

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A Powerful Voice Now Silenced

Simon Schama on the death of an irreplaceable writer—Robert Hughes, an art critic of furious passion.

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Review Is In

Hats Off, Danny Boy

It was antic, manic, magical, and mischievous—and thoroughly British. Simon Schama reviews the Olympic opening ceremonies.

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Death of a Modernist Master

Cy Twombly’s art is widely appreciated. But as Simon Schama argues, his passionate explorations of myth and fantasy deserve to be celebrated for transcending the confines of modernism.

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Polanski's Brilliant Comeback

Simon Schama says Roman Polanski’s new movie The Ghost Writer—starring Pierce Brosnan and Ewan McGregor—is a piece of thrilling cinematic creepiness that ranks up there with Polanki’s greatest films.

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Simon Schama

How Obama Threw It All Away

A Powerful Voice Now Silenced

Hats Off, Danny Boy

Death of a Modernist Master

Polanski's Brilliant Comeback

No More Mr. Eloquent

The Capital Goes Nuts