Mathew Lyons

Downhill all the way: the decline of the British Empire after 1923

Matthew Parker gives us snapshots of Britain’s sprawling dominions in September 1923, showing both governors and governed increasingly questioning the purpose of the empire

An idealised picture of work on a sugar plantation in Jamaica in the 1920s (English school). [Bridgeman Images]
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  • One Fine Day: Britain’s Empire on the Brink, 29 September 1923

    Matthew Parker

    Abacus, pp. 608, £25

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