Sathnam Sanghera
in conversation with Claire Berliner
Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe
Sunday, 23 June 2024
11.30 AM - 12.30 PM
The Henrietta Barnett School
Award-winning journalist and author Sathnam Sanghera will be in conversation with Claire Berliner, writer, editor and Head of Programmes at The London Library about Empireworld, which explores the immense impact the British empire has exerted across the globe and follows his best-selling book Empireland.
Award-winning journalist and author Sathnam Sanghera follows up his best-selling book Empireland with Empireworld, an exploration of the immense impact the British empire has exerted across the globe. Its influence on the quarter of the planet it occupied - and its gravitational pull on the world outside it - has been profound, from the spread of Christianity by missionaries to shaping the origins of international law. Sanghera demonstrates just how deeply British imperialism is baked into our world; yet Britain's idea of its imperial history and the world's experience of it are two very different things.
“An absolute masterpiece.” James O’Brien, LBC
“A remarkable and important work - one that is finely judged, beautifully written and not just a welcome corrective but a book for our times. This is essential reading.” - Peter Frankopan, Professor of Global History, Worcester College, Oxford, author of The Silk Roads
Claire Berliner is a literature curator, writer, editor and Head of Programmes at The London Library.