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Sathnam Sanghera's Empireworld: How British imperialism shaped the globe

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🗓️ 22 January 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Following his seminal book Empireland, Times writer Sathnam Sanghera now looks at the legacy of colonialism for the billions of people Britain once ruled over – from houseplants to the state of democracy. He also tells us about the fallout from Empireland, and why the debate around our own history has become so toxic. 

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Guest: Sathnam Sanghera, Writer, The Times, and author of Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe.

Host: Manveen Rana.

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Zoning Street. Downing Street, which has been called the smallest yet the greatest street in the world.

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There was a time when London wasn't just the capital of Britain, it was the capital of a quarter of the world.

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Here are the twin centres of Imperial Administration.

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So in the shadow of which... Imperial Administration.

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So in the shadow of Westminster, St James's Park stands,

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surrounded by the key buildings of the Empire

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and by memories of London's historic past. of the

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British Empire and by memories it shaped and influenced the rest of the world

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and it still impacts our everyday lives even now and yet we don't teach its history in schools, and when it is talked about, it's usually as part of a culture war.

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