Dr Agnes Arnold-Forster is a historian at the University of Edinburgh. She has also worked at McGill University, King's College London, UCL, and at the Centre for the History of Emotions at Queen Mary University of London. She is the author of two academic books, one about cancer and the other about surgery, and has written widely for academic, medical and mainstream outlets. She has also appeared on BBC Radio and TV, consulted for television dramas and documentaries, and worked closely with the Science Museum, the Wellcome Collection, and the Royal College of Nursing. She lives in London.
This absorbing exploration of nostalgia raises questions about its slippery nature, and shows how it has been chillingly deployed in politics, from the cold war to Trumpism * Guardian * Arnold-Forster is a shrewd critic and delightful guide. Her prose is fluent but not flashy...She carries weighty learning lightly – embracing everything relevant, from dubious neuroscience to cod sociology.' * Telegraph * Beautifully compact, wide-ranging and enjoyable * TLS * Illuminating * Vogue *