Mathew Lyons

The complexities of our colonial legacy

Weighing the ‘good’ and ‘bad’ effects of British imperialism is a futile exercise, says Sathnam Sanghera. But he comes perilously close to doing just that

Sir William Denison, governor of Madras, seen seated in the foreground of a new cinchona plantation in the Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu, 1862. [Getty Images]

  • Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe

    Sathnam Sanghera

    Viking, pp. 464, £20

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