I'm often in awe of the range and quality of both historical programming and historical publishing in Britain. The Guardian Online's history-book reviews section is extraordinarily rich and diverse, for instance -- for having so many books to review, and for actually reviewing them.
Paul Lay, editor of Britain's flagship history magazine History Today, has some thoughts regarding a current discussion on the state of history commentary (too many telly-dons?) and the market for history books.
