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BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! 🎉🍻🥤 @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social are going on a UK TOUR with the Booze & Brews Live Show! Club members will receive a pre-sale link by email tomorrow and general sale goes live on Thursday so sign up to the club if you want early access!

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ANNOUNCING A MAJOR NEW @empirepoduk.bsky.social SERIES: IRELAND & EMPIRE Episode One- COLONISING IRELAND: Henry VIII, Elizabeth I & The Tudor Conquest of Ireland With me and @willdalrymple.bsky.social and special guest Prof Jane Ohlmeyer. Out now.

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All that now hangs in the balance. Join @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social as they discuss the history and possible future of the Chagos Islands with Philippe Sands, barrister, writer and academic, who has been leading the repatriation case against the British government. 6/6

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However In October last year, the UK and Mauritian governments reached a historic agreement to transfer the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands. 5/6

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In the 1970s and 1980s, the expansion of the military base on Diego Garcia, one of the islands, meant a return of Chagosians seemed impossible. The UK-US military base has been shrouded in secrecy for decades.

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What happened to the people who lived on Chagos after the British government used its unrestricted powers to forcibly displace them? And what might happen to them now? 3/6

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The archipelago tells a story of imperialism. It was the last ever colony created by the British Empire. Enslaved people were brought to the Chagos Islands from Madagascar and Mozambique to work on coconut plantations under French and British rule. Labourers from India followed. 2/6

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On a map they appear as specks in the Indian Ocean. The Chagos Islands have been in the news a lot lately.

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Well this was unexpected and delightful. Vogue india just featured me, Shrabani Basu and Ira Mukhoty in their latest issue. How completely wonderful Women writing Women. www.vogue.in/content/thre...

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Adore working with this fella @willdalrymple.bsky.social ! No working day is ever the same/boring/predictable! @empirepoduk.bsky.social - come and be part of the fam today!

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Unlike earlier court art, which often left artists anonymous, Company School paintings are some of the first works where individual Indian painters were credited by name. Listen as William and Anita explore Lucknow as the centre for the start of Company School painting... linktr.ee/empirepoduk

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But as much as these paintings were a product of imperialism, they also provided an unprecedented opportunity for Indian artists to leave a lasting impression.

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🎨🌿NEW EPISODE🌿🎨 Out now on @empirepoduk.bsky.social Company School painting is a fascinating yet often overlooked artistic tradition that emerged during the British East India Company’s rule in India...

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Well this crept up on us fast! Thank you to everyone who listens to @empirepoduk.bsky.social . @willdalrymple.bsky.social and I couldn’t appreciate you more xxx

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Our @empirepoduk.bsky.social Mughal Series Reaches its Climax: Episode 222- AURANGZEB, SHIVAJI & THE FALL OF THE MUGHAL EMPIRE linktr.ee/empirepoduk

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Our new series launches today! 🌵🪴🌴EMPIRE OF PLANTS 🌴🪴🌵 How did plants power imperialism? In our first episode, @sathnam.bsky.social joins @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social to discuss the colonial history of Kew Gardens...

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Thank you! X

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The world would be a better place if everyone listened to @empirepoduk.bsky.social with @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social. Delighted to be on it this week, talking about how the British empire shaped world through plants. #Empireworld open.spotify.com/episode/3lRI...

submitted 34 days ago • 17 comments

Still my favorite history podcast. Glad to see they're on @bsky.app.

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Another @empirepoduk.bsky.social blockbuster mini series on the Mughals… and it’s like ‘succession on steroids!’ For early access, join our club. You get first dibs on tickets for live shows, a newsletter full of reading recs… AND bonus episodes every week. Link next.

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The latest episode of @empirepoduk.bsky.social . The story behind the Taj - a tale of love and loss….

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Fabulous deal on a wonderful book by my mate @gregjenner.bsky.social today! Only 99p! You’re welcome! Greg xx 🙏😁📚 www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B08B...

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NEW FROM @empirepoduk.bsky.social To close 2024 @anitaanand.bsky.social & I talk to @nandinidas13.bsky.social about the chaotic first attempts of the English crown to open diplomatic relations with Mughal India THE ROOTS OF THE RAJ- Sir Thomas Roe at the Court of Jahangir linktr.ee/empirepoduk

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This tickles me … a very good friend just asked if I was a crossword answer…. (Spoiler… it appears I am)…

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Ever wondered what magic looks like? We left just before sunrise… in the forests of the Nagarahole National Park…. thick with mist. Through foliage we saw distant shadows… a family of elephants… Our jeep and another travelling the opposite way parted, and this…

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All the pretty things…

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Absolute joy! Thank you fabulous @BlrLitFest Bangalore Lit Fest - packed, knowledgeable and super warm audiences. We loved it! With @willdalrymple.bsky.social @empirepoduk.bsky.social

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The 211 th episode from the @empirepoduk.bsky.social is, in my book, the best so far. @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social speak about Akbar and the empire he built; full of interfaith exchanges, creation of art. A beautiful world. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/2...

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