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Phil has been thinking a lot about the British Empire recently, and it is a major theme of his upcoming new book about 1945. And so he was delighted to speak with best-selling writer Sathnam Sanghera.Sathnam has written extensively on how the empire shaped modern Britain - and much of the ret of the world too, upending the conventional view of imperial history. For example, he tells Phil that the story of the humble rubber tyre is also the story of the British in Malaya - and Kew Gardens!You can buy Sathnam's book here, along with thousands of others, in our own online shop...https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/empireworld-how-british-imperialism-has-shaped-the-globe-sathnam-sanghera/7515065?aid=12054&ean=9780241997086&Please follow Sathnam here...https://x.com/SathnamAnd you can pre order Phil's new book here ...https://www.amazon.co.uk/1945-Reckoning-Empire-Struggle-World/dp/139971449X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=#***We now have a Thank You button (next to the 'three dots') for small donations that help support our work***Looking for the perfect gift for a special scandalous someone - or someone you'd like to get scandalous with? We're here to help...https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ScandalMongers*** If you enjoy our work please consider clicking the YouTube subscribe button, even if you listen to us on an audio app. It will help our brand to grow and our content to reach new ears.The Scandal Mongers...https://x.com/mongerspodcastPhil Craig...https://x.com/philmcraigTHE SCANDAL MONGERS PODCAST is also available to watch on YouTube...https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpiDbLiwypTLqMaKnNfxcTAYou can get in touch with the show via...team@podcastworld.org(place 'Scandal Mongers' in the heading) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, host Farzana Baduel welcomes award-winning journalist and author Sathnam Sanghera to discuss his journey from Wolverhampton to becoming a leading voice in British journalism. Known for his acclaimed memoir The Boy With The Topknot and novel Marriage Material, Sathnam explores identity, multiculturalism, and storytelling's impact on society. As a passionate advocate for diversity and vulnerability wherever he is, he shares insights on representation and change. Tune in for an engaging and thought-provoking conversation! Connect with  Sathnam Sanghera : Twitter: @Sathnam Instagram: @sathnamsanghera Follow Farzana on Social Media: Twitter & Instagram: @FarzanaBaduel Executive Producer: David Olajide - david@curzonpr.com Podcast Manager and Editor: Ikechukwu Mgbenwelu - ike.mgbenwelu@prca.global Disclaimer: Views expressed by the guest are their own and not necessarily endorsed by the Fuse podcast.

Listen to an urgent conversation from this year's festival featuring renowned best-selling authors Amitav Ghosh, Sathnam Sanghera, and Isna Marifa as they explored the history of European colonialism and its outcomes. Their dialogue challenged the notion that history is settled and delved into how the legacies of colonialism continue to shape our social, political, and economic landscapes.To watch the full session, visit our website at ubudwritersfestival.com/media, or click the link in our bio to listen to this session on podcast platforms Spotify and Simplecast.Join us to shape Indonesia's literary future!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ubudwritersfest/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UbudWritersFestX (formerly Twitter): https://twitter.com/ubudwritersfestTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ubudwritersfestVisit our website: https://www.ubudwritersfestival.comJoin our newsletter: https://www.ubudwritersfestival.com/subscribe/

In this episode of Hurt to Healing, Julia welcomes author and journalist Sathnam Sanghera for an insightful discussion on mental health, cultural identity, and navigating personal success. Together, they confront the stigma surrounding severe mental illness, highlighting the importance of open conversation and emotional resilience. Sathnam shares his experience balancing the complexities of his cultural heritage with personal identity, offering a candid look at the psychological challenges of reconciling different parts of oneself, especially in high-achieving environments like Cambridge University. They explore the intricate dance between cultural expectations, family dynamics, and the pressures of shifting social classes. With reflections on parental love, protection, and cultural loyalty, Sathnam and Julia delve into the nuanced journey of identity, belonging, and self-discovery. This compelling episode tackles the intersections of mental health, heritage, and the ever-evolving quest for a sense of home and purpose. Find Sathnam: Website: https://www.sathnam.com/ Instagram: @sathnamsanghera Otherwise, if you'd like to connect, I post regularly on Instagram, with more thoughts and some Monday Top Tips. Follow me on @juliasamuelmbe.And for more info, check out my new website: juliasamuel.co.uk. Wild Nutrition are offering an exclusive limited time offer to Therapy Works' listeners: 50% off your first 3 months when you visit wildnutrition.com/therapy, that's wildnutrition.com/therapy for 50% off your first 3 months. T&Cs apply. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We've all heard the famous saying, that at one point in time the sun never set on the British Empire. But, what is its lasting impact and complex legacy? How much does reflecting back on the past assist in understanding the present? Author Sathnam Sanghera has explored the impact of Britain's colonial past - both within the UK through his book 'Empireland', and further afield assessing its global influence in his latest book, Empireworld. It was an absolute joy chatting to Sathnam about his books - I hope you find the conversation as interesting as I did! Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In what ways are England's imperial past connected to its present? What of that past is reflected in the schools and schoolwork of students? Are there ways to acknowledge and repair things from the past in a way that moves society forward?Sathnam Sanghera is a journalist for The Times of London and the author of several books. His latest tw[ are titled Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain and Empireworld: How British Imperialism Shaped the Globe.Greg and Sathnam discuss Sanghera's unexpected transition to writing about history, the complexities of British imperial history, and its nuanced impact on the modern world. The conversation digs into topics such as the perception of British imperialism in modern education, the contradictions within British history, and the ongoing struggles with racism in the UK. Sathnam also highlights the enduring influences of British rule in former colonies and the evolving discussions around reparations and historical reckoning.*unSILOed Podcast is produced by University FM.*Episode Quotes:Nuance is a useful concept for history07:29: I would say balance is not a very useful concept for history in general. Nuance is what you want to aim for. But the reason I think we've always struggled to talk about British Empire, except in this way of trying to balance the positives against the negatives, is because this is how empire was discussed at the time. In the 19th century, there are endless arguments about whether we should hold on to our empire, whether we were making money out of it overall, whether overall it was a good thing or a bad thing. And this continues to be the way we discuss empire. We continue trying to weigh the miles of railway we built in India against the millions of lives that were lost in the potato famine in Ireland. It's an absurd way of trying to understand history, because how do you balance railways against death? And how you might balance slavery against anti-slavery? And I guess my ultimate conclusion after five years of studying this is that you can't come down on any side.On arguing for sophistication45:15: As writers and historians, we always argue for sophistication. Politicians will always try to simplify things.Are people more comfortable with nuance journalism than they are with history? 09:22: Social media is now just setting people up against each other all the time. And politics is becoming highly polarized. Everything is turning into a football match. Where you have your side, and the other side is evil, right? And history is just as it makes it. Trying to understand imperial history through that prism, it's like saying, I want to understand the history of the climate, but I'm only going to study the sunshine, or I'm only going to study the rain. It's not going to give you a very sophisticated sense of the climate, is it? You want to study the weather in between. And that is the same is true for history. On the phenomenon of indentured servitude33:52: One of the main reasons, you see, Indians, wherever you go in the world, is because the British, after they abolished slavery, realized they needed workers, and they didn't seem willing to incentivize the formerly enslaved to do the work. So they decided to send one million Indians around the world to places like Mauritius, Trinidad, Jamaica, and Guyana to do the work that the enslaved formerly did. And often they were treated as badly as the enslaved. Not quite as badly, but pretty badly. But this led to all sorts of phenomena... And so, all these phenomena exist around the world, and the way in which the British Empire changed the demographics of the planet. I don't think we think about that enough.Show Links:Recommended Resources:H. G. WellsJallianwala Bagh massacreRishi SunakNarendra ModiMughal EmpireBritish EmpireSikhsRudyard KiplingWolverhampton Wanderers F.C.Enoch PowellThomas ThistlewoodWardian caseMalayan EmergencyBrexitJames StephenGuest Profile:Sathnam.comWikipedia ProfileInstagram ProfileTwitter (X) ProfileHis Work:Amazon Author PageEmpireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern BritainEmpireworld: How British Imperialism Shaped the GlobeMarriage MaterialStolen HistoryIf You Don't Know Me by Now: A Memoir of Love, Secrets and Lies in WolverhamptonThe Times Articles

Sathnam Sanghera is a best-selling writer and journalist. He grew up in Wolverhampton to Punjabi parents in a home where, in his words, “no one read books or owned them, let alone wrote them”. When he started school, he couldn't speak English but he went to graduate from Cambridge University with a first-class degree in English Language and Literature.He started out writing for newspapers, winning the Young Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards in 2002. He now writes for The Times. In 2008 he published his memoir of his early life called The Boy With the Topknot.More recently he has focused on our colonial history. In 2021 he published Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain, which was named a Book of the Year at the National Book Awards. Then came Empireworld: How British Imperialism has shaped the Globe, which quickly became a best-seller. Sathnam's musical choices include Bach, John Coltrane, Debussy and Jasdeep Singh Degun.

Sathnam has written Empireland and more recently Empireworld, two bestselling books which have garnered him critical acclaim, a Channel 4 documentary and which - even more crucially - have changed the national discourse around our colonial past. Without necessarily meaning to, Sathnam has become a historian. But his success has not been uncomplicated: he's suffered horrendous racist abuse which has changed the way he goes out into the world (sometimes). On How to Fail Sathnam discusses how he avoids joining in, the importance of saying thank you and why the best teachers can make a lifelong impact. Plus: why nuance in discussion is often ignored but absolutely vital. How to Fail is an Elizabeth Day and Sony Music Entertainment Production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

00:00 - Are you going on my Mamaji's podcast?02:22 - Empireland turning into a teaching resource03:19 - Concerted campaign against those challenging the narrative of colonial history05:13 - British distrust of smart people07:17 - Do the British like to be entertained by their government08:34 - The theory of the British psyche loving loss11:01 - Punjabi's being workaholics12:40 - Being accountable for what you write13:32 - Antiques Roadshow + turning into an immigrant antique trade dealer15:24 - India's decolonisation mission17:08 - Access to English in India19:10 - Expats are unable to acclimatise to Britain after the Empire21:42 - Can Britain provide reparation or compensation to countries impacted by the Empire?27:45 - People were furious at the time of slavery29:40 - Were British Museums furthering humanity by preserving items?33:54 - Sri Guru Gobind Singh Kalgi lost by the British36:25 - Replicate the actual items + return the actual items 38:03 - Stolen items becoming a PR problem39:45 - Sikh identity + British flattery42:00 - Jallianwala Bagh + Racial Science 45:14 - Martial Race theory 47:54 - General Dyer's exoneration in the British Media48:54 - The story of the Koh-i-noor Diamond53:08 - Duleep Singh + reclaiming the Sikh empire54:33 - Enoch Powell + River of Blood Speech56:30 - Admiring the culture but acting racially superior58:59 - Royal African Company + importing of slaves01:03:46 - Suppressing slavery to support tourism01:06:10 - Charles Darwin theories + racial scientists01:09:24 - Rudyard Kipling complicated views + The White Man's Burden01:11:59 - Stereotypical literature + Windrush + influence today01:14:37 - Being a descendant of the colonised 01:15:58 - The complexity of Empire01:19:46 - Being confident in our cultural identity01:21:28 - There are a million ways of being brown01:23:23 - You don't loathe a country because you criticise it 01:25:35 - Princess of Wales + Prince of Wales visit to the Caribbean01:28:11 - Queen Elizabeth + British knowledge on Empire You can buy Sathnam's book Empireworld & previous book Empireland from any good bookstore NOW! Follow Sathnam on: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sathnamsangheraWebsite - https://www.sathnam.com/ Follow Us On: Tik Tok - https://bit.ly/indy-and-dr-tik-tokInstagram - http://bit.ly/indy-and-dr-instaFacebook - http://bit.ly/indy-and-dr-facebookSpotify - http://bit.ly/indy-and-dr Also available at all podcasting outlets.

This week's book guest is English Passengers by Matthew Kneale.Sara and Cariad are joined by journalist and author Sathnam Sanghera to discuss the Garden of Eden, rum, tea, charities, imperial decisions and straight lines. Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!Trigger warning: In this episode we discuss we discuss racism, racial genocide, sexual assault, rape and graphic imagery.English Passengers by Matthew Kneale is available to buy here or on Apple Books here.Empireworld by Sathnam Sanghera is available to buy here or on Apple Books here.You can find Sathnam on Instagram: @sathnamsanghera and Twitter: @sathnamSara's debut novel Weirdo is published by Faber & Faber and is available to buy here.Cariad's book You Are Not Alone is published by Bloomsbury and is available to buy here.Follow Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and Twitter @weirdosbookclub Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive.Artwork by Welcome Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Full disclosure - Sathnam is a dear friend of mine. He was a guest on the first ever season of How To Fail and there's a very good reason why I'm chatting to him again. A lot has shifted in both our lives. Since he was last on here, Sathnam has written Empireland and more recently Empireworld, two bestselling books which have garnered him critical acclaim, a Channel 4 documentary and which - even more crucially - have changed the national discourse around our colonial past. Without necessarily meaning to, Sathnam has become a historian. But his success has not been uncomplicated: he's suffered horrendous racist abuse which has changed the way he goes out into the world (sometimes). We talk about why Sathnam avoids joining in, the importance of saying thank you and why the best teachers can make a lifelong impact. Plus: why nuance in discussion is often ignored but absolutely vital.  Talking of nuance…I'd LOVE to hear about your failures, no matter how profound, minor or funny they might be. Every week, my fantastic guest and I choose a selection to read out and answer on our special subscription offering Failing with Friends. We'll endeavour to give you advice, wisdom, laughter and much, much more.  Have something to share of your own? I'd love to hear from you! Click here to get in touch: howtofailpod.com To find out more about this episode's sponsor - Monzo Business click here Post Production & Production Manager: Lily Hambly  Studio Engineer: Gulliver Tickell Mix Engineer: Gulliver Tickell Senior Producer: Selina Ream Executive Producer: Carly Maile Head of Marketing: Kieran Lancini How to Fail is an Elizabeth Day and Sony Music Entertainment Production.   Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sathnam Sanghera's journalism has covered far reaching topics including racism, homophobia and even pianos in train stations which he bizarrely doesn't like. But when he decided to turn his attention to Empire and Britain's colonial history, the backlash he received from the public and even some historians was fierce and unnerving. In fact, Sathnam has received abuse online, ridicule and even death threats.As a person of Indian heritage with their roots in the divided provinces of Punjab and Bengal, I thought I knew a lot about British history. But I didn't realise how little I knew until I read Empireland and watched some of Sathnam's incredible documentaries on Channel 4.Today we tell the story of British Imperialism through the lens of food. Spices, Sugar, Potatoes, Cauliflower and even processed food. These are all ingredients I thought I knew about! But when you dig a little deeper you can uncover just how incredible our past is and what we can learn from. As we negotiate a new relationship with the wider world, it's never been more important to understand the nuance of our national history. At no point in todays discussion do we refer to Empire as either good or bad. Like the weather or our relationship with our immediate family, it's complicated. I also think the medium of social media is the wrong place to have these discussions that require compassion instead of judgement as we wrestle with uncomfortable and sometimes brutal historical truths. I hope todays discussion will enable you to cherish food in a new light that appreciates its complicated past, as well as how grateful we should be for the variety and selection that adorns our market shelves.Sathnam Sanghera was born to Punjabi immigrant parents in Wolverhampton in 1976. He entered the education system unable to speak English but went on to graduate from Christ's College, Cambridge with a first class degree in English Language and Literature. He has been shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards twice, for his memoir The Boy With The Topknot and his novel Marriage Material. Empireland has been longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, was named a Book of the Year at the National Book Awards of 2022, and inspired both the Channel 4 series Empire State of Mind and Sanghera's children's book about the British empire Stolen History.

Every year we host a big thinker at the music festival Wilderness and our guest in 2023 was Sathnam Sanghera, the Times journalist whose two books on the history of the British Empire - Empireland and Stolen History - have transformed the way we think about our past and present. Sathnam returns to How To Academy on 25th January to tell us about Empireworld - his new book about the lasting impact of the Empire on other nations. A few tickets are still available on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The British Empire was one of the most influential and far-reaching empires in history. Dan and his guest journalist and author Sathnam Sanghera remember school lessons on the small island that rose to global dominance. From the 16th century to the 20th century, the British Empire spanned continents, encompassing vast territories and diverse cultures, controlling a quarter of the planet. But, the way we've been taught about the Empire hasn't always been the full story and today historians are building a more complex and thorough picture of what the British Empire was. Sathnam sheds light on the darker aspects of the empire's history - colonisation, slavery and exploitation and Dan confronts some difficult truths about his own family's history. Together, they consider how we teach it to the next generation in a way that acknowledges everything- the good, the bad and the difficult.Sathnam Sanghera's new children's book is called 'Stolen History'.Discover the past on History Hit with ad-free original podcasts and documentaries released weekly presented by world-renowned historians like Dan Snow, Suzannah Lipscomb, Lucy Worsley, Matt Lewis, Tristan Hughes and more. Get 50% off your first 3 months with code DANSNOW. Download the app or sign up here.We'd love to hear from you! You can email the podcast at ds.hh@historyhit.com.You can take part in our listener survey here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sathnam Sanghera is an author/writer, journalist, and broadcaster who gave us “The Boy With The Topknot” and more recently “Empireland” . This chat was recorded live at the Desi Blitz Literature festival in Birmingham and it blew my mind. The book is getting so much love and respect from Brits and Indians.   Sathnam is a proud Brit - this is not an “Empire bashing chat” - we talk facts and stories and what the broader effects of Empire were. This is awesome! You're gonna love it! Hit play now

Sathnam Sanghera joins me to discuss his new book 'Empireland: How Imperialism Shaped Modern Britain'. Sathnam is an award winning journalist, writer for The Times, and has his own Documentary called 'The Massacre That Shook The Empire' which you can watch on All4. We discuss his books, racism, the British Empire and how two of the former impact society and politics today.   Books Discussed   Empireland - Sathnam Sanghera  The Boy With The Topknot -  Sathnam Sanghera  Marriage Material -  Sathnam Sanghera  Dark Emu - Bruce Pascal Empire Of The Summer Moon - S. C. Gwynne  A Grain Of Wheat - Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o      Support Patreon Book Club: To support the podcast and be part of the growing community of like-minded readers head to www.patreon.com/aneedtoread  BetterHelp: For 10% off your first month of online therapy head to www.betterhelp.com/aneedtoread  BuyMeACoffee: To be a legend head to www.buymeacoffee.com/aneedtoread  Contact: If you want to ask me anything shoot and email over to Aneedtoread.podcast@gmail.com     

Sathnam Sanghera tells us about his new book, Empireland, on the historical and contemporary legacy of the British Empire. Sathnam's book asks where the history of empire sits in the UK's current education system and cultural debate, at a time when concepts of sovereignty and national greatness are being mobilised - 'Take Back Control'; 'Make American Great Again' - and governments across the world seem to turn to history to tell only positive stories about national identity. Sathnam also tells us about moving between his various roles as journalist, novelist, memoirist, popular historian and broadcasting, and introduces us to Sake Dean Mahomed, the first Indian author writing in England, who also opened the first curry restaurant and set himself up as a Brighton 'Shampooing Surgeon', leading to what Sathnam calls 'dangerous shampooing'. 'He was the Neil Armstrong of my field', as Sathnam puts it in his book. [CW: some strong language]

Journalist and author Sathnam Sanghera joins me on the podcast to talk about his latest book Empireland which examines how much of what we think of as Britain and British is owed to our imperial past. We compare notes on our own family's relationships to the British Empire imperial, me being British-Canadian and Sathnam being of Punjabi descent, and discuss how imperial history should be thought about and taught today. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Journalist and author Sathnam Sanghera joins me on the podcast to talk about his latest book Empireland which examines how much of what we think of as Britain and British is owed to our imperial past. We compare notes on our own family's relationships to the British Empire imperial, me being British-Canadian and Sathnam being of Punjabi descent, and discuss how imperial history should be thought about and taught today. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It was winning a Radio 1 competition age 15 to fly to LA that first piqued Sathnam Sanghera’s taste for travel and indeed journalism. His latest book EmpireLand: How Modern Britain is Shaped by its Imperial Past explores how the British Empire, genocidal as it often was, still shapes who we are. As well as the Empire, racism, Enoch Powell, Cambridge, 80s popular culture, the history of Brits Abroad and Boris Johnson needing therapy we chart Sathnam’s own journey from his Sikh community in Wolverhampton to journalist for The Times and more.     On this episode we cover:   Selective amnesia and nostalgia Conquering the world We see ourselves as the people who won WW2 But actually Empire was often genocidal white supremacy 500 years of differing history More useful to talk about the modern legacies of empire Much we haven’t faced up to The book being accidentally timely with Black Lives Matter Statues not mattering Multi-culturism being much more important Our racism being explained by empire Our dysfunctional politics being explained by empire British travelling almost more than any other nation Statue toppling getting middle England angry How statue toppling can weaponise the right wing Massacres, genocide and the creation of modern racism Lisa being a product of British Colonialism indentured labour Where British moved millions of Indian people around the world British changing stereotypes of what races were good and bad at The Sikhs being made to be a martial race His parents arriving in Wolverhampton the same year as Enoch Powell’s rivers of blood speech Sikhs having a good record of integration Integration and multicultural being an inversion of racial hierarchy’ Lisa recording podcasts with Lord Mountbatten’s daughter Lady Pamela Hicks Empire not being that long ago Textbooks with offensive racial generalisations being used into the 1980s Lisa’s Indian-Fijian father marrying her white mother in the 1960s Lisa growing up with no Indian culture whatsoever Growing up in a Sikh community in Wolverhampton Most of his classmates being brown or black Being ‘Enoch Powell’s nightmare’ Hiding in a Sikh temple when far right yobs attacking houses Wolves fans wearing KKK hoods A scholarship to a private school changing his life The school fees being more than his parents earned in a year The inspirational headteacher who believed in him Going from someone who barely talked in class to being head boy Education distancing him from his family Cutting off his top knot being quite a statement His wonderful education also being a form of colonisation Indian Princes being sent to British schools His father and sister having schizophrenia Briefly deleted his heritage But appreciating his amazing childhood surrounded by cousins (52!) Factory work as a child for up to 90 hours a week Being poor in money but truly rich in love Poverty meaning you need other people more You can sense when someone hasn’t been loved as a child And quite often they end up in politics Boris Johnson needing years of therapy Boris Johnson saying crazy things about British Empire; ‘Water melon smiles’ and an obsession with being world-beating Jacob Rees-Mogg also being obsessed with Empire Not really understanding the people at Cambridge Cambridge being ‘socially confusing’ Rich people pretending to be poor Not feeling sentimental about being working class Becoming middle class as quickly as he could Regretting not be more sociable at Cambridge Is Sathnam now part of the establishment working for The Times…? Doing anti-networking journalism Asking people rude and difficult questions Feeling it’s a duty to be honest to the reader Strategy is to not say much – people struggle to handle silence The connection between Empire and travel The British love of travel going back directly to Empire We have the largest number of emigrants overseas How drunk ‘Brits Abroad’ are actually following a long tradition of Empire The British Empire being famously drunk Eating a full English breakfast in the middle of Rome Our tradition of dressing quite badly abroad Enoch Powell in a three piece suit in the heat of India Reverse missionaries – where we spread Christianity and now foreign nations are more religious British Expats being obsessed with a British education The Grand Tour, sons of wealthy families travelling for culture, art and freedom Going to Empire having been financially lucrative The real risk of death and disease in Empire Spending a year in the USA for the Financial Times Hating travelling in his 20s and being very homesick Lockdown cancelling world trips to promote his book How often the best part of travelling is coming back home Feeling he knows his home town better now he’s moved out Loving the diversity and excitement in London Winning a Radio 1 competition to see Michael Jackson Age 15, having barely left Wolverhampton he ended up in LA Flying to LA with Jackie Brambles Being pictured with Michael Jackson at the Superbowl          

Sathnam Sanghera is a journalist and writer.  His most recent book, Empireland, explores how the British Empire has shaped our fundamental understanding of every aspect of British culture.   Krishnan talks to Sathnam about culture wars, the 'footballification' of politics and whether political correctness has gone too far.    Producer: Rachel Evans

Times writer Sathnam Sanghera goes on a personal journey to find out why people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds are suffering disproportionately from Covid-19.Guest: Sathnam Sanghera, author and writer at the Times. Host: Manveen Rana.Sathnam's article for the Saturday magazine: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/coronavirus-and-ethnicity-black-and-asian-nhs-medics-on-the-front-line-dhznrc3kc Clips: BBC, @borisjohnson, Good Morning Britain (ITV), TalkRadio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

RHLSTP #201: Sathnam Sanghera - Sex in a Bush. RHLSTP is going on the road this year - check richardherring.com/gigs for dates (loads more to come) starting with a journey to Bilston Town Hall in Wolverhampton. Richard is incredibly and justifiably rude about the fifth worst city on the planet, but does he secretly love the place? His guest is local boy made good; author, journalist and defender of Wolverhampton (apart from the racist bits) Sathnam Sanghera. The pair discuss what it was like to work on Live TV (with an amazing revelation about Topless Darts); what it was like being an ordinary person going to Oxbridge; sharing a flat with John Oliver; the universality of the story of Bros and whether one of them has had work done; the figurative and literal madness of family life; and losing religion (and sometimes hair). Sathnam reveals that he has in fact met Richard before and it's a another embarrassing story of past foolishness.SUPPORT THE SHOW!Check out our website and become a badger and see extra content http://rhlstp.co.ukSee details of the RHLSTP tour dates http://richardherring.com/gigsBuy DVDs and Books at http://gofasterstripe.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Author and Journalist Sathnam Sanghera nominates a Great Life; a man dismissed as a fantasist and a liar in his own lifetime. Alexander Gardner was a Scottish-American soldier, a traveller, an explorer and adventurer - a white man with a tartan turban, who ended up in India in a Maharaja's Sikh Army in the 19th Century, just before the British Raj took over. Possibly a plagiarist and touted as a scoundrel, yet Sathnam claims he's worthy of a bigger place in history. If just a tiny portion of what we think we know about him is true, he is a genuinely remarkable figure. Joining Sathnam is our expert witness to Gardner's life, the historian John Keay. The presenter is Matthew Parris, and the Producer is Perminder Khatkar.

This week, journalist and author Sathnam Sanghera joins How To Fail and kicks off by saying how flattered he was to be asked to contribute to a podcast on failure because he hates hearing nice things said about himself. So that’s good. As well as discussing his failure to take a compliment, Sathnam talks movingly about growing up in a household where both his father and his sister had schizophrenia. At first, he tried to run away from accepting it and then when that didn’t work, he wrote a brilliant, award-winning memoir called The Boy With the Topknot which was later adapted for the BBC. (Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling is a fan). Sathnam talks about his social failure at university (and his inability to get a girlfriend for three years), as well as his failure to learn an instrument,  his failure to score a high Uber rating and his failure to read back his own handwriting moments after he’s written something down.  Along the way, we cover his childhood job in a Wolverhampton sewing factory, the modern tendency to confuse anxiety with serious mental health issues, grief and how he coped with the death of his best friend, heartbreak, success, the concept of 'negative mindfulness', racist dogs and Sathnam’s undying love for George Michael and Club Tropicana. We also spend longer than necessary trying to remember the common colloquial phrase 'prepare for the worst, expect the best' which is embarrassing given that we both make a living from words.   How To Fail is hosted by Elizabeth Day and produced by Chris Sharp    How To Fail is sponsored by Moorish   The Boy with the Topknot is published by Penguin and available to buy here.   Sathnam Sanghera’s website is here.   Social Media:   Elizabeth Day @elizabday Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam Moorish @moorishhumous

Sathnam Sanghera explores class. As the son of an illiterate factory worker who ended up going to Cambridge and working for The Times, he now regards himself as firmly middle class. In the first of his two programmes for One to One, he interviews Janice Turner, a fellow journalist from The Times, at her home in South London. She had a similar journey to Sathnam; she moved from working class Doncaster to the London media establishment, but she feels very differently about which class she belongs to. Producer: Perminder Khatkar.

Sathnam Sanghera discusses his memoir The Boy With The Topknot, which won the 2009 Mind Book of the Year. Born to Punjabi parents in the West Midlands, the book is his account of his childhood in 1980s Wolverhampton. The youngest of a Sikh family, it wasn't until he was 24 that he discovered his mother had protected him from the family's secret : that his father had suffered from paranoid schizophrenia all his life. Subtitled "A memoir of Love, Secrets and Lies in Wolverhampton", writing the book was Sathnam Sanghera's way of confronting his mother with some uncomfortable truths; that after his grammar school and Cambridge education, he had moved away from the family's culture and religion and was not going to accept an arranged marriage. This was a journey of discovery and independence for Sathnam that began on the day he went to the barbers on his own, and had his joora - his Sikh topknot - cut off. When the barber asked him if his dad knew he was doing this, he thought, 'it's my mum you should be worrying about'. The memoir is a meditation on mental illness as well as class and cultural differences, and in Bookclub Sathnam ponders on whether it was a young man's folly to 'share too much information' by writing down his life story. James Naughtie presents and a group of readers ask the questions. January's Bookclub choice is Agent Zigzag by Ben Macintyre. Producer : Dymphna Flynn.