The end of history? You must be joking; History to hold on to: Sir Malcolm Sargent started the tradition of waving flags at the Last Night of the Proms.

The Daily Mail (London, England) | June 27, 2008 | Copyright

Byline: Andrew Roberts

MAKING HISTORY NOW AND THEN by DavidCannadine (Palgrave Macmillan,[pounds sterling]19.99)

HISTORY-BOOK reviewing is often a carping, mean-spirited, axe-grinding exercisein academic envy and scholarly resentment, writes David Cannadine, asnarrow-minded, uncreative historians set out to disparage the achievements ofthose with much greater gifts and accomplishments than themselves. Wow!

One wonders who gave the professor such a stinker as to elicit that reaction?Fortunately, Im not going to have to take the risk of being seen ...

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