Category: Colonialism and ‘Decolonisation’
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The Economist: Nigel Biggar Responds
01 April 2023. By Nigel Biggar in response to The Economist. Your review of my book, “Colo nialism: A Moral Reckoning”, judged it to be “often foolhardy and sometimes just banal” (“The sun never sets”, March 4th). First, you tell us that plenty of people “in Britain’s former colonies have long regarded the British Empire…
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C-SPAN: Having a Book “Cancelled”
30 March 2023. Nigel spoke on C-SPAN’s About Books, discussing the cancellation of Colonialism by Bloomsbury.
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eNCA: The Debate over British Imperialism
29 March 2023. Nigel joins eNCA, an independent news channel in South Africa, to discuss his most recent book. eNCA, The Debate over British Imperialism ‘eNCA is South Africa’s most trusted independent TV and online news brand. It launched on June 1st, 2008 to become the country’s first 24-hour television news service. Since then, the…
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Voice to Parliament
28 March 2023. Nigel joins Fred Pawle of Australian Digital Holdings (ADH). From the ADH website: ‘The proposed Voice to Parliament is an admission that western civilisation cannot solve the problem of indigenous deprivation. But history tells us otherwise.’
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What They Don’t Teach You about Colonialism
27 March 2023. Nigel joins the hosts of TRIGGERnometry, Konstantin Kisin and Francis Foster, to speak about his recent book.
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The West: Liberty or Death
26 March 2023. Whatever happened to Western self-confidence? New Culture Forum Senior Fellow Marc Sidwell introduces a new documentary series, investigating the mystery of how the West lost faith in itself after the end of the Cold War. Nigel offers his perspective in the first episode. New episodes of The West will premiere weekly on…
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The British Empire and Us: Nigel Biggar and James Heartfield disagree
24 March 2023. Nigel joins Tiffany Jenkins, host of Behind the Scenes at the Museum, a podcast. Why not visit the Behind the Scenes at the Museum Substack, as well?
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Empires on Trial, with Nigel Biggar & Felipe Fernández-Armesto
22 March 2023. Nigel discusses the Spanish and British empires with Professor Fernández-Armesto (University of Notre Dame) on the Uncommon Decency Podcast. From the podcast website: ‘On episode five of this show, the late Gyórgy Schópflin, then retired and in the twilight of his life, made a lucid observation about what, at bottom, set his…
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Modern Views of the British Empire
16 March 2023. Nigel joins Lee Hall of British Thought Leaders to discuss Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning. ‘British Thought Leaders features in-depth conversations on issues that affect and shape our society and culture, giving a voice to those marginalised by legacy media. Hosted by NTD UK’s News Director Lee Hall’ — from the NTD website
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In Defence of the British Empire
12 March 2023. Nigel speaks with Quillette Podcast host Jonathan Kay to discuss the mixed legacy of British colonial rule. Quillette Podcast Episode #209: In Defence of the British Empire Listen in the player above or on Quillette’s website below (free subscription required).