ONE MILLION DOWNLOADS! We are absolutely blown away, thank you all so much for listening! This feels so surreal!!

Today I had a wonderful chat with Christina C Welsch about the armies of the East India Company, its expansion in the 18th/19th centuries, and the military culture of its officer class. We also spoke about her book The Company's Sword, her current project on the 2nd Mysore War.

In our final episode of Bookshelfie series 7, award-winning executive producer and broadcaster Kavita Puri discusses complex characters, the importance of telling untold stories, and her new book ‘Three Million’, which is set to release in 2026. Listen here: apple.co/4fpuF4q

Excellent Book of the Year choices for HistoryExtra from Kavita Puri.Honoured to be in the company of William Dalrymple and Shalina Patel

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New episode of Winds of Change! We tackle the outbreak of the "Indian Mutiny" - what happened at Meerut, how did it lead to a massacre, and why did *this* mutiny spark a widespread uprising. cms.megaphone.fm/channel/ARML68…

I just finished speaking with Sam Dalrymple about his forthcoming book "Shattered Lands" and his work with Project Dastaan, which uses technology to reconnect refugees to the friends, families, and homes they had to leave behind in 1947. projectdastaan.org

The first reviews/comments for Winds of Change - positive across the board, but I think my favourite is Cian's: "I feel like I'm listening to a BBC documentary but they finally let an academic run the show without their hands tied behind their back."

Episode 5 of Winds of Change: Victorian Holocaust. Famine hits the new British Raj, killing millions of people. At the same time a new Indian middle class, eager to play a role in government, are shut out. Enter the Indian National Congress. cms.megaphone.fm/channel/ARML68…

Ruling the World argued that governance of the British Empire should be examined everywhere & all at once. For example, the decision to make the East India Company sovereign and the Act Abolishing slavery in the Caribbean are usually examined in isolation, but they were directly

I got pinged about this comment on Reddit about the show - if there's space between The Rest Is History and Dan Carlin I will happily take it!

Winds of Change returns in a few hours with Episode 7 - The War to End All Wars. Hundreds of thousands of Indians are part of the war effort and Indian nationalists hope this display of loyalty will be rewarded. Listen early and ad-free with Patreon: patreon.com/posts/winds-of…

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