Some quotes

Mrs Lintott: 'What is history? History is women following behind - with a bucket'

Posner: 'But to put something in context is a step towards saying it can be understood and that it can be explained. And if it can be explained that it can be explained away'

Mrs Linttot: 'Durham was very good for history. It's where i had my first pizza. Other things too of course, but it's the pizza that stands out'

Mr Hector: 'The best moments in reading are when you come accross something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - that you'd thought special, particular to you. And here you see it, set down by someone else, a person you've never met, maybe someone even long dead. And it's as if a hand has come out, and taken yours...'