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How did empire shape modern Britain?

History Extra podcast

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4.34.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Across the 20th century, Britain’s empire reached a peak and then began to disintegrate. Yet, according to historian Charlotte Lydia Riley, the country continued to be indelibly shaped by an imperial mindset even despite decolonisation, as evidenced in everything from institutions and immigration to philanthropy and foreign policy. Charlotte speaks to Ellie Cawthorne about her new book Imperial Island, which traces the impact of empire on 20th-century Britain, and questions how we can best deal with its legacy today. (Ad) Charlotte Lydia Riley is the author of Imperial Island: A History of Empire in Modern Britain (Bodley Head, 2023). Buy it now from Waterstones: https://go.skimresources.com?id=71026X1535947&xcust=historyextra-social-hist298&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbook%2Fimperial-island%2Fcharlotte-lydia-riley%2F9781847926432 The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine and BBC History Revealed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Welcome to the History Extra Podcast, fascinating historical conversations from BBC History

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magazine and BBC History Revealed.

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Across the course of the 20th century, Britain's empire reached its peak and then began

1:27.1

to disintegrate. Yet, according to historian Charlotte Lydia Riley, even in the era of

1:34.2

decolonisation, the country was still indelibly shaped by an imperial mindset. I spoke to

1:40.9

Charlotte about her new book Imperial Island and where she still sees the imprint of

1:45.8

empire in Britain today. But before we start, if you're a fan of the show, we've got

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So thank you so much for joining me to talk about your new book Imperial Island, which

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looks at how imperialism and its collapse has shaped Britain since the Second World War.

2:11.3

In the introduction to the book, you say this book seeks to set out why people in Britain

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