Empire

Brief Encounter

May 01, 2024

Sathnam Sanghera: I want Rishi Sunak to understand my work

The journalist and author on what we still get wrong about the British Empire

Prospect Team

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Regulars

November 08, 2020

The duel: Are empires always bad?

Elleke Boehmer and Tom Holland

From the magazine

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World

January 07, 2019

The myth of Brexit as imperial nostalgia

Robert Saunders

Essays

October 06, 2017

How imperialism still stops Britain from grasping how it looks to the world

Stuart Ward

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Politics

September 22, 2017

Ignore Brexit myths of national decline—Britain's open, diverse culture made it better than ever

Ian Dunt

Politics

Ignore Brexit myths of national decline—Britain's open, diverse culture made it better than ever

Ian Dunt

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World

July 21, 2017

No, the British Empire isn't something to be proud of—in fact, it's still causing harm today

Daniel York Loh

World

No, the British Empire isn't something to be proud of—in fact, it's still causing harm today

Daniel York Loh

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Essays

January 19, 2017

The Anglosphere: new enthusiasm for an old dream

Duncan Bell

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Essays

The Anglosphere: new enthusiasm for an old dream

Duncan Bell

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Culture

December 14, 2016

The Raj delusion

Yasmin Khan

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Culture

The Raj delusion

Yasmin Khan

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World

November 13, 2014

Duel: should we return the Elgin marbles?

Dominic Selwood, Vicky Pryce

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World

Duel: should we return the Elgin marbles?

Dominic Selwood, Vicky Pryce

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