Historian Marianne Elliott on 'Hearthlands', her memoir about growing up in Belfast before the TroublesHistorian Marianne Elliott on 'Hearthlands', her memoir about growing up in Belfast before the TroublesYou grew up in a mixed-religion social-housing estate in Belfast. We went to separate schools, but I believe shared housing is more important than shared education, and the communities got on well. Even before the Troubles, the estate began to change as a result of slum clearances. Is it important to write well as a historian? So I suppose, in a way, it is similar to being a historian.

Source: Irish Independent February 11, 2018 02:37 UTC