{"id":2566,"date":"2023-06-10T11:19:23","date_gmt":"2023-06-10T15:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commonsensesociety.org\/?p=2566"},"modified":"2023-07-19T10:56:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T14:56:54","slug":"the-inversion-of-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commonsensesociety.org\/nl\/2023\/06\/10\/the-inversion-of-history\/","title":{"rendered":"The Inversion of History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>EXCERPT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It is 18 years since the last Colditz drama on British television, which apparently means we need a new one. And the times being what they are, it appears that the drama will have to reflect the values of our little cultural-revolutionary period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like most adaptations of already well-known stories, this one will be based on a book by Ben Macintyre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Douglas Murray is associate editor of The Spectator and author of The War on the West: How to Prevail in the Age of Unreason, among other books.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally published in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spectator.co.uk\/article\/the-inversion-of-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Spectator<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is 18 years since the last Colditz drama on British television, which apparently means we need a new one. 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