“It was the Sephardi Jews who brought fish and chips to Britain, actual...” — Simon Schama Quote

“It was the Sephardi Jews who brought fish and chips to Britain, actually, believe it or not, from the Mediterranean world. Apart from actually eating and selling fish and chips, they were kind of debt enforcers.”

“The synagogues of late antiquity and the early medieval period were built around imagery: imagery of remembering the Temple, but also of the celestial zodiac, too.”

“It's not right to think about all of Jewish-German history as shrouded by the smoke of the crematorium.”

“Britain is producing some of the worst films in the world. Our film industry is desperate to be part of America, and we just churn out flaccid imitations of bad films over there.”

“Welcome to Britain in 2020. When we march for Black Lives Matters here, the next day the far-right marches.”

“You see on 'Britain's Got Talent' and 'X Factor,' they all wear ear plugs. But I could not hear myself when I wore them. So that is where the strong voice came from.”