The Past Speaks

Finally, I should warn historians of Dr Gregory’s ilk that the past is no more their exclusive territory than the novel is that of the literary critic. As Arnold Schwarzenegger so eloquently said in Terminator, ‘I will be back,’ and so will all the other social scientists who have make such an important contribution to the study of history over the last 100 years.

This is from an essay Ranald Michie of the University of Durham wrote in response to a negative review of his Guilty Money: The City of London in Victorian and Edwardian Culture, 1815-1914 that appeared on the Reviews in History website.