Landmarks of Britain Coin Series

This is like believing history is just events and dates, but a proper study of history requires understanding of the causes and effects of those events.

When Thatcher was prime minister some of her more ignorant members of parliament tried to have social and economic history banned from schools on the grounds that "history is about kings and battles". Their motive was to cover up injustices,many of which were wrought by the social class that they represent. Fortunately, the proposal failed.But it shows the potential for political bias in history.

I should add some, not all, historians actually try to get it right.

I believe much of history is taught with a bias according to the place the teaching occurs. Taking the insights of a history book is much like saying something is so because it is on the web, there need be fact checking before acceptance. I can watch history being made by our politicians, and both sides claim the same facts mean quite different things, so in twenty years history books will be biased by the political bent of the author. I have read enough comments to ascertain it is also so in Britain.

The point about the unhealthy dominance of London is well-made. While the Great Fire of London is significant, why do our school history books skim over the Highland Clearances,which were an ongoing injustice wrought by the ruling class against the northern Scots? The clearances are significant, though revealing about the power structure in our country, which is why they are downplayed.

It was English and Scottish landowners who were guilty of these clearances, not just the English. But many Britons have not heard of this injustice, and the gang of extreme right wing plutocrats who currently misrule the UK would rather conceal the economic injustices that have permeated our national social and economic history.

Thanks, the point I tried to make is why the narrow focus? I believe it was intentional, although I did offer another plausible reason, a truncation of the series before its intended ending. If Britain means England, and England means London seems to be the mindset of those who control things.

Typically the subjects of these coins are very "London-centric. "
Londoners and those who work there have little concept or interest of anything outside the SE
( Indeed when my sister in law came North for my wedding in 1979, she had never been . more North than North London before. )
Of all the lovely landmarks across Britain I wouldn't have chosen these. There are plenty better ones.

( An aside …. British school children have to learn about the Great Fire of London as a topic of national importance. Why ? it had no importance to anyone outside London . )

I missed the article to which you refer.

Yes, these are significant landmarks, but to be fair I would have been more inclusive, such as the Castle at Edinburgh. I am certain such places as the white Cliffs of Dover could have made the list. Or, change the name to Landmarks of London. My preference, considering the quality of the coins, would be to extend the series.

blackspanielgallery, Thank you for the practical information and the product line.
Those are the landmarks -- along with the London Eye -- that show up consistently in films and series -- such as Elementary's Holmes traveling between NYC and London -- that are set, or bring, in London.
Did you see the year-end articles by the English participants in the August 2019 expedition that identified an angelim vermelho as the Amazon's tallest tree? It was described as taller than Nelson's column!

Thanks for the update.