I am not someone who believes I am going to find a historical scoop.

The power of historical fiction for bad and for good can be immense in shaping consciousness of the past.

I get slightly obsessive about working in archives because you don't know what you're going to find. In fact, you don't know what you're looking for until you find it.

I'm not going to do opinion. That's not who I am.

No, I am who I am. I'm not going to change for anybody.

Entertainment history is now the main source of supposedly historical knowledge for more and more people, but 'histo-tainment' is superficial and lacks all context.