Sathnam Sanghera

Sathnam Sanghera

Recorded: Mon 22 Feb 2021

Duration: 1 hour

Sathnam Sanghera

Sathnam Sanghera is joined by Kavita Puri to discuss his enlightening, unsettling and urgent new book, Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain

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