Michael Ledger-Lomas

There’s much to be said for nostalgia

Instead of condemning it as dangerous fantasy, two new books argue that we should welcome nostalgia as ‘emotional armour’ in a fast-changing world

Preparations for a jousting tournament at The Leeds Armouries in March this year as teams from the UK, France and Italy compete. [Getty Images]
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  • Nostalgia: A History of a Dangerous Emotion

    Agnes Arnold-Forster

    Picador, pp. 288, £22

  • Yesterday: A New History of Nostalgia

    Tobias Becker

    Harvard, pp. 320, £29

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