History Matters: Selected Newspaper Columns, 2011–2021 (Paria Publishing) by Bridget Brereton is an ample assembly of insightful, accessible short essays by the eminent historian, who is professor emerita at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine. Originally published in the Trinidad and Tobago Express, these columns range across the breadth of T&T and Caribbean history, often focused on new developments in the field, always elegantly written and argued.