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The British empire's divisive legacy

Sathnam Sanghera considers how we can have a constructive national conversation about Britain’s imperial past

Published: April 3, 2024 at 7:57 AM

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Sathnam Sanghera’s bestselling 2021 book Empireland catapulted the author into the eye of a media storm. Following the release of its follow-up, Empireworld, he spoke to Matt Elton about how it felt to be at the centre of a heated national debate on empire – and how we can have constructive conversations about Britain’s imperial past.

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Sathnam Sanghera is the author of Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe: Signed Edition (Penguin, 2024)

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Authors

Matt EltonPodcast editor

Matt Elton is the podcast editor at HistoryExtra

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