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Welcome to the History Extra Podcast, Fascinating Historical Conversations from the

makers of BBC History magazine.

Controversies surrounding the history of the British Empire have become particularly intense in recent years

with academics, politicians and commentators all offering differing views about how we should understand our nation's imperial past.

A new book, The Truth About Empire, delves into this debate, with the stated aim of foregrounding the views of historians

Matt Elton spoke to three people involved in the project to find out more.

So I'm joined today by three people involved in a new book The Truth About Empire, Real Histories of British Colonialism, and before we go further, I thought it'd be amazing if they could all introduce themselves.

I am Alan Nesta, I'm a professor of historical

geography at University of Sussex and adjunct professor of history at

Latrobe University in Australia. I'm Bronwynne Everell. I'm the director of

the Center of African Studies at Cambridge. I'm a lecturer at

Gonville and Keys College here and I am a visiting fellow at the Department of

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