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    It’s true, we ignore parts of our history – and not just about our colonial past | Kenan Malik

    The Putney debates of 1647 pose questions that are still vital to democracies today
    by Kenan Malik Nov 01, 2020 3 minutes
    General Thomas Fairfax heads a New Model Army council meeting in 1647, but ill health meant Oliver Cromwell stepped in to chair the Putney debates. Photograph: Chronicle/Alamy Stock Photo

    Last week marked the anniversary of the beginning of one of the key events of British history. If you missed it, it’s not surprising. The Putney debates barely have a public profile. In a year in which there has been much discussion about what we know and don’t know about our past, it’s worth thinking about those debates and what their neglect says of our relationship with history.

    On 28 October 1647, in the midst of civil war,

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