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Simon Schama on the Romantics

Simon Schama explores the legacy of the 18th and 19th-century artistic movement on the modern world

Simon Schama photographed in Hauteville House, Guernsey (Photo by Oxford Films, Photographer Eddie Knox)

Ahead of his new BBC Two series The Romantics and Us, the renowned art historian and broadcaster Simon Schama explores the legacy of the 18th and 19th-century artistic movement on the modern world

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