Don’t go soft on me when I have just written 80,000 words to prove that I too have a family story 😬 Is there a podcast in this? 1940s S Asia vs 1970s Britain #familystories #thegiftofaradio

Also - I want to underline that this book is about much more than the summer of 1947. Other themes include WW2 and forgotten personalities like Claude Auchinleck - who I discovered Churchill once described as Britain’s greatest wartime general. See this 1981 letter to a

I talked to rosie kinchen⁩ ⁦⁦for today’s Sunday Times Magazine: there’s an abridged extract from ‘Broken Threads: My Family From Empire to Independence’ and also a bit of me reading the audio book

0900 ⁦BBC Radio 4⁩ anyone ?

Join us on 5th June for a special evening with Mishal Husain and William Dalrymple on the eve of publication for Mishal's new book, 'Broken Threads: My Family from Empire to Independence' Book tickets here: rb.gy/itjijn

Here’s how our #HayFestival has looked so far!

I’ll be on BBCSaturday Live with Huw & Kiri shortly, alongside Conn Iggulden and Stephen & Anita Mangan, talking about ‘Broken Threads: My Family From Empire to Independence.’ First review 🔽

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“I’d rather make the choice this side of the election than say something I know in my heart of hearts is not deliverable on the other side.”

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is asked by Mishal Husain about spending plans for tuition fees and the two-child benefit cap.

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There *may* be news about but in my personal news there is also a book, out in precisely two weeks 😬 Thank you ⁦Jemima Goldsmith⁩ for this, about ‘Broken Threads: My Family From Empire to Independence’ - available for pre-order 🔽

A broadcast capturing a moment in history - and the reactions of foreign leaders, including some still in politics 3 decades on

This is such a brave and unflinching account of a deeply shocking experience 🔽 bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

A court in Greece throws out trial of 9 Egyptians - accused of causing last summer’s shipwreck in the Mediterranean - in which 600+ people feared drowned.

The judges said they didn’t have jurisdiction & so ruled the men were not smugglers.

Full story:

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If arrest warrants were approved, what would be the UK's obligation if either Israel’s Prime Minister or Hamas leaders were to enter UK territories?

Philippe Sands KC is a human rights barrister and tells #R4Today we might see a stand off between the government and the courts.

The investigation ⁦Lucy Williamson⁩ talked about this morning @bbcr4today 🔽 bbc.com/news/articles/…

Our water treatment works were 'never designed' to remove faecal matter.

Professor David Butler, chairs the National Engineering Policy Centre, and has helped author a new report outlining solutions to the UK's water systems.

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The next Today Debate with Mishal Husain will look at the issues raised in the critically acclaimed podcast 'Intrigue: To Catch A Scorpion' from BBC Radio 4.

Be part of the audience at The Shaw Theatre in London on Tuesday 4th June.

Apply for tickets: bbc.in/3V5uymQ

Sharing another pre-publication view on ‘Broken Threads: My Family From Empire to Independence.’ It’s from Sathnam Sanghera, whose own work through ‘Empireland’ and now ‘Empireworld’ has been so agenda-setting.
My book is out on June 6th and can be ordered now in hardback, ebook and

This is coming up June 12th, six days after ‘Broken Threads: My Family From Empire to Independence’ is out 🔽

His full response is here to watch ▶️ youtu.be/wUjhqhD2T9o?si…

Wole Soyinka ⁦Truth Tellers⁩ - calls for African and European countries to work properly, together, on drivers of migration and says the seeds go back to colonialism and under development. Also says Rwanda should never have agreed to receive asylum seekers from the U.K.