Empireland: How imperialism shaped modern Britain
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The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 28 January 2021
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
In his latest book, Empireland, Times writer Sathnam Sanghera attempts to expose what he sees as a blind spot in our understanding of history: the details and impact of the British Empire. Is there a reason Britain has struggled to face its colonial past?
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Guest: Sathnam Sanghera, author of Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain and writer for The Times.
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| 0:30.0 | Were you taught about Empire School? |
| 0:35.0 | No, hell no. |
| 0:37.0 | Is anyone? |
| 0:38.0 | It's not on the curriculum. |
| 0:39.0 | You learn about the Black Death. |
| 0:41.0 | You learn about feudalism. A lot about the tutorsors a lot about the Tudors you just don't seem to get |
| 0:46.4 | on to the empire with |
| 0:56.1 | sat-nam sanguera. I'm a writer for the Times and I'm also the author of |
| 1:01.3 | various books including a memoir, a novel and now Empyrland. |
| 1:05.2 | Satnam's latest book, Empyrland, is an attempt to remedy what he sees as a blind spot in our |
| 1:11.8 | understanding of history, The details and impact of the British Empire. |
| 1:17.0 | I wasn't really taught anything about colonialism, which is quite strange, I think, because |
| 1:21.6 | the British Empire is not only the biggest thing that happened to Britain, |
| 1:25.0 | arguably it's the biggest thing that ever happened to the world because it was the biggest empire in human history |
| 1:30.0 | and yet I don't think I'm unt a typical in not having been taught at school. |
| 1:35.0 | But talking about Britain's colonial history is like lighting a touch paper. |
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