A Point of View - Print the Legend
Tom Shakespeare explores the pitfalls of dramatised history and its influence on real life - but confesses to his own minor role in rewriting the past.
"We turn to stories when the reality we desire fails us," he writes, "but if the legend is not based in fact, then history is in deep trouble, and so are we all."
Producer: Sheila Cook
Sound: Peter Bosher
Production Co-ordinator: Gemma Ashman
Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith
Published on Friday, 21st February 2025.
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