Alan Lester
@aljhlester
Professor, British colonialism, Universities of Sussex & La Trobe. Latest book https://t.co/Gi1qo7sKZS
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https://alanlester.co.uk 09-01-2012 17:12:35
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It’s not as if such knowledge is unavailable to people who are going on TV to discuss these things
Howard French
THRILLED to be longlisted for the Information Book Awards. It shows that kids and adults want to read engaging, thoughtful and fun writing about the British Empire, how we make sense of the world and our own stories: conversations, not culture wars.
Thank you School Library Association (SLA)
#IBA2024
The recent debates on colonialism’s contribution to British economic predominance, sparked by Kemi Badenoch & her allies, need to be cast in a wider frame: it’s the imperial economy that matters, not the inflows & outflows from the British Isles alone.
For an example of…
stephen Kemi Badenoch The Telegraph William Dalrymple Which historians’ work would you like to discuss Stephen?
You’re right that many contemporaries doubted the value of empire at various times - I said this myself. I hope your understanding of the scholarship on the material dimensions of colonisation as a whole, though, is not…
Alan Lester Kemi Badenoch The Telegraph William Dalrymple Amitav Ghosh's Smoke & Ashes is also good on the British Empire's financial reliance on opium.
My discussion with James O'Brien today overlapped into this recording of the next show. Do listen to the start if you want to hear about the forthcoming Truth About Empire amzn.eu/d/djk7NWL
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Catch Alan Lester’s conversation with James O'Brien on LBC Global Player about upholding historical #truth and the dangers of public denial about the #BritishEmpire .
#TheTruthAboutEmpire is out in June.
Pre-order here➡️ geni.us/C2BluD
Listen here➡️ tinyurl.com/mrysy9r5
Developmental harms of school
closures.
Tory failure to turn U.K. into the least attractive destination in Europe for asylum seekers.
PMQs with Lewis Goodall
Sacha Lord on his new book & matters Manchester
Alan Lester on Tufton Street’s war on history
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Talking about this with James O'Brien at the end here: globalplayer.com/catchup/lbc/uk…