Nigel Biggar, CBE is Lord Biggar of Castle Douglas and Emeritus Regius Professor of Moral Theology at the University of Oxford. Described as “one of the leading living Western ethicists” (John Gray, New Statesman, 2020), he was appointed Commander of the British Empire “for services to higher education” in the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours list and named one of Prospect magazine’s Top Thinkers of 2024. In January 2025 he entered the House of Lords as a Conservative peer. He is the author of the best-selling Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning.Robert Tombs is Emeritus Professor of French History at the University of Cambridge and a Life Fellow of St John’s College. He is the author of The English and Their History and This Sovereign Isle.

‘How immensely refreshing to read a history of Britain based entirely on facts, evidence and truth, rather than the corrosive woke self-hatred of much of today’s denunciations of our country’s story. The two professors deserve great praise for pointing out that, amongst its occasional and acknowledged flaws, Britain has improved the world hugely by her exertions and example’ - Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny