EMPIREWORLD IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOWWINNER OF THE 2022 BRITISH BOOK AWARD FOR NARRATIVE NONFICTIONTHE BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE CHANNEL 4 DOCUMENTARY EMPIRE STATE OF MINDTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThe real remedy is education of the kind that Sanghera has embraced accepting not ignoring the past Gerard deGroot The TimesEMPIRE explains why there are millions of Britons living worldwide.EMPIRE explains Brexit and the feeling that we are exceptional.EMPIRE explains our distrust of cleverness.EMPIRE explains Britains particular brand of racism.Strangely hidden from view the British Empire remains a subject of both shame and glorification. In his bestselling book Sathnam Sanghera shows how our imperial past is everywhere from how we live and think to the foundation of the NHS and even our response to the COVID19 crisis.At a time of great division when we are arguing about what it means to be British Empireland is a groundbreaking revelation a muchneeded and enlightening portrait of contemporary British society shining a light on everything that usually gets left unsaid.Empireland takes a perfectlyjudged approach to its contentious but necessary subject Jonathan CoeI only wish this book has been around when I was at school Sadiq Khan Mayor of LondonThis remarkable book shines the brightest of lights into some of the darkest and most misunderstood corners of our shared history James OBrienSathnam Sanghera Sunday Times bestseller February 2024