Alan Lester The Spectator’s owner Paul Marshall and its editor Michael Gove are afraid of William Dalrymple. His sequence of books on colonial India that have sold millions, his Empire podcast with…

‘Teaching Britishness in Canada: A historical analysis of schoolbooks at the heart and edge of empire’

Teaching Slavery offers ground-breaking research and practical guidance for teaching Britain’s role in transatlantic slavery. Combining historical analysis with classroom strategies, it equips educato...

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At the Mansion House dinner she calls for regulators to allow more risk to clear the way for economic growth

Alan Lester Balance Fortunately educators are now increasingly sceptical about the idea of teaching the British Empire as a matter of balance between the ‘good’ and the ‘bad&#8217…

Referencing DEI is the new rightwing abstraction deployed by Republicans to conceal their anti-Black racism

From family life to fairground glamour, across Ireland and the UK, the photographer wanted to show a different side to a group whose way of life is dying out ‘Come in,” a woman yelled at Sam Wright from her caravan, “you’re gonna get soaked!” He was at…