William Dalrymple
@willdalrymple.bsky.social
Scottish historian & art historian; @EmpirePodUK.bsky.social podcaster & Jaipur Lit Fest co-director. Visiting Fellow at All Souls, Oxford. Writes the occasional book.
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New from @EmpirePodUK:
"REMEMBER CAWNPORE!"
Massacres, Revenge & Atrocities in Kanpur 1857
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"REMEMBER CAWNPORE!"
Massacres, Revenge & Atrocities in Kanpur 1857
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Historia National Geographic publica en su último número esta reseña de 'La vía dorada. Cómo la antigua India transformó el mundo', la última joya de uno de nuestros historiadores favoritos, @willdalrymple.bsky.social.
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January 15, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Historia National Geographic publica en su último número esta reseña de 'La vía dorada. Cómo la antigua India transformó el mundo', la última joya de uno de nuestros historiadores favoritos, @willdalrymple.bsky.social.
🔗 www.despertaferro-ediciones.com/revistas/num...
🔗 www.despertaferro-ediciones.com/revistas/num...
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I'm currently listening to 'The Golden Road' by @willdalrymple.bsky.social , that tells the fascinating story of how Indian ideas and culture shaped the Eurasian world. Here's an image of the decorated feet of a reclining Buddha, the Damulla Cave Temple, Sri Lanka.
#SriLanka #Photography #Buddhism
#SriLanka #Photography #Buddhism
January 16, 2026 at 12:21 AM
I'm currently listening to 'The Golden Road' by @willdalrymple.bsky.social , that tells the fascinating story of how Indian ideas and culture shaped the Eurasian world. Here's an image of the decorated feet of a reclining Buddha, the Damulla Cave Temple, Sri Lanka.
#SriLanka #Photography #Buddhism
#SriLanka #Photography #Buddhism
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New from @EmpirePodUK:
"REMEMBER CAWNPORE!"
Massacres, Revenge & Atrocities in Kanpur 1857
linktr.ee/empirepoduk
"REMEMBER CAWNPORE!"
Massacres, Revenge & Atrocities in Kanpur 1857
linktr.ee/empirepoduk
January 13, 2026 at 6:51 AM
New from @EmpirePodUK:
"REMEMBER CAWNPORE!"
Massacres, Revenge & Atrocities in Kanpur 1857
linktr.ee/empirepoduk
"REMEMBER CAWNPORE!"
Massacres, Revenge & Atrocities in Kanpur 1857
linktr.ee/empirepoduk
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Great episodes. Some of your listeners might enjoy J.G. Farrell's novel based on the uprising and siege of Kanpur: www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...
The Siege of Krishnapur (Empire Trilogy, #2)
India, 1857--the year of the Great Mutiny, when Muslim …
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January 13, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Great episodes. Some of your listeners might enjoy J.G. Farrell's novel based on the uprising and siege of Kanpur: www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...
Hear Kim Ghattas & Scott Anderson at the Jaipur Literature Festival from Thursday 15th-19th January
Understanding Iran: seven books that help explain this week’s unrest ft.trib.al/LRFkB5i
Understanding Iran: seven books that help explain this week’s unrest
Essential reads on the politics and history of the country’s Islamic regime since the revolution and fall of the Shah in 1979
ft.trib.al
January 13, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Hear Kim Ghattas & Scott Anderson at the Jaipur Literature Festival from Thursday 15th-19th January
New from @EmpirePodUK:
"REMEMBER CAWNPORE!"
Massacres, Revenge & Atrocities in Kanpur 1857
linktr.ee/empirepoduk
"REMEMBER CAWNPORE!"
Massacres, Revenge & Atrocities in Kanpur 1857
linktr.ee/empirepoduk
January 13, 2026 at 6:51 AM
New from @EmpirePodUK:
"REMEMBER CAWNPORE!"
Massacres, Revenge & Atrocities in Kanpur 1857
linktr.ee/empirepoduk
"REMEMBER CAWNPORE!"
Massacres, Revenge & Atrocities in Kanpur 1857
linktr.ee/empirepoduk
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How did the mutiny amongst sepoys turn into a national uprising? What ultimatum did the rebels give the Mughal emperor when they reached the Red Fort in Delhi? Why did the British fail to see what was coming? linktr.ee/empirepoduk
January 12, 2026 at 4:18 AM
How did the mutiny amongst sepoys turn into a national uprising? What ultimatum did the rebels give the Mughal emperor when they reached the Red Fort in Delhi? Why did the British fail to see what was coming? linktr.ee/empirepoduk
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Don't miss the first two episodes of our @empirepoduk.bsky.social series
THE GREAT UPRISING OF 1857
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THE GREAT UPRISING OF 1857
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January 12, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Don't miss the first two episodes of our @empirepoduk.bsky.social series
THE GREAT UPRISING OF 1857
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THE GREAT UPRISING OF 1857
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We did a deep dive, 26 episodes, stretching from the Rise of Cyrus, episode 97, Cyrus the Great:
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January 12, 2026 at 5:11 AM
We did a deep dive, 26 episodes, stretching from the Rise of Cyrus, episode 97, Cyrus the Great:
share.google/Slao77k6JKSf...
share.google/Slao77k6JKSf...
If you want to understand the background to the current conflict in Iran, check out our @EmpirePodUK
series on the history of Iran.
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series on the history of Iran.
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January 12, 2026 at 4:45 AM
If you want to understand the background to the current conflict in Iran, check out our @EmpirePodUK
series on the history of Iran.
share.google/Slao77k6JKSf...
series on the history of Iran.
share.google/Slao77k6JKSf...
Don't miss the first two episodes of our @empirepoduk.bsky.social series
THE GREAT UPRISING OF 1857
linktr.ee/empirepoduk
THE GREAT UPRISING OF 1857
linktr.ee/empirepoduk
January 12, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Don't miss the first two episodes of our @empirepoduk.bsky.social series
THE GREAT UPRISING OF 1857
linktr.ee/empirepoduk
THE GREAT UPRISING OF 1857
linktr.ee/empirepoduk
Today @empirepoduk.bsky.social we launch our first mega series of 2026
1857- The Greatest Anti-Colonial Revolt in History
Our epic eight part history of the Great Uprising/Indian Mutiny/First Indian War of Independence...
1857- The Greatest Anti-Colonial Revolt in History
Our epic eight part history of the Great Uprising/Indian Mutiny/First Indian War of Independence...
January 6, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Today @empirepoduk.bsky.social we launch our first mega series of 2026
1857- The Greatest Anti-Colonial Revolt in History
Our epic eight part history of the Great Uprising/Indian Mutiny/First Indian War of Independence...
1857- The Greatest Anti-Colonial Revolt in History
Our epic eight part history of the Great Uprising/Indian Mutiny/First Indian War of Independence...
Never seen the Rabbit in the Moon so clearly as tonight- appropriately enough on the beach on our last night in Sri Lanka, where we have all been enjoying the many frescoes here that show him sitting up there, ears aquiver...
January 3, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Never seen the Rabbit in the Moon so clearly as tonight- appropriately enough on the beach on our last night in Sri Lanka, where we have all been enjoying the many frescoes here that show him sitting up there, ears aquiver...
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A lifetime of hearing US politicians solemnly intone about the glories of the constitution and the sacredness of law. Now they don’t even have the post 9/11 fig leaf. The whole vast military machinery is the plaything of a senile old man and his corrupt circle and most of them don’t care
January 3, 2026 at 12:58 PM
A lifetime of hearing US politicians solemnly intone about the glories of the constitution and the sacredness of law. Now they don’t even have the post 9/11 fig leaf. The whole vast military machinery is the plaything of a senile old man and his corrupt circle and most of them don’t care
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Further feeding the addiction
November 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Further feeding the addiction
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‘Bomber Harris went hunting Palestinians. Tens of thousands were gunned down by Brits in the 1930s revolt.’ Historian William Dalrymple reveals Britain’s hidden colonial role - and why historic responsibility still matters today.
November 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
‘Bomber Harris went hunting Palestinians. Tens of thousands were gunned down by Brits in the 1930s revolt.’ Historian William Dalrymple reveals Britain’s hidden colonial role - and why historic responsibility still matters today.
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On the pitfalls of trying to understand the contemporary world without a firm grasp of the past
Fascinating interview with famed historian and author William Dalrymple on Radio National this morning
- with Hamish Macdonald
#history #India #worldevents
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Fascinating interview with famed historian and author William Dalrymple on Radio National this morning
- with Hamish Macdonald
#history #India #worldevents
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
December 6, 2025 at 7:19 AM
On the pitfalls of trying to understand the contemporary world without a firm grasp of the past
Fascinating interview with famed historian and author William Dalrymple on Radio National this morning
- with Hamish Macdonald
#history #India #worldevents
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Fascinating interview with famed historian and author William Dalrymple on Radio National this morning
- with Hamish Macdonald
#history #India #worldevents
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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"I dived deep in the ocean of astronomical theories, true and false, and rescued the precious sunken jewel of true knowledge by the means of the boat of my own intellect."
Quoted in The Golden Road, by William Dalrymple
Quoted in The Golden Road, by William Dalrymple
December 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM
"I dived deep in the ocean of astronomical theories, true and false, and rescued the precious sunken jewel of true knowledge by the means of the boat of my own intellect."
Quoted in The Golden Road, by William Dalrymple
Quoted in The Golden Road, by William Dalrymple
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Recovering the lost history of Gaza, by William Dalrymple. Decades of conflict and displacement have obliterated the history of one of the world’s oldest human settlements.
Recovering the lost history of Gaza
Decades of conflict and displacement have obliterated the history of one of the world’s oldest human settlements
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December 19, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Recovering the lost history of Gaza, by William Dalrymple. Decades of conflict and displacement have obliterated the history of one of the world’s oldest human settlements.
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To Wish You a Happy New Year 2026
@empirepoduk.bsky.social presents:
Exploding Rum-filled Coffins, Anglo-Indian Sisterhood, & Julia Margaret Cameron
@empirepoduk.bsky.social presents:
Exploding Rum-filled Coffins, Anglo-Indian Sisterhood, & Julia Margaret Cameron
January 1, 2026 at 9:14 AM
To Wish You a Happy New Year 2026
@empirepoduk.bsky.social presents:
Exploding Rum-filled Coffins, Anglo-Indian Sisterhood, & Julia Margaret Cameron
@empirepoduk.bsky.social presents:
Exploding Rum-filled Coffins, Anglo-Indian Sisterhood, & Julia Margaret Cameron
January 1, 2026 at 6:22 AM
To Wish You a Happy New Year 2026
@empirepoduk.bsky.social presents:
Exploding Rum-filled Coffins, Anglo-Indian Sisterhood, & Julia Margaret Cameron
@empirepoduk.bsky.social presents:
Exploding Rum-filled Coffins, Anglo-Indian Sisterhood, & Julia Margaret Cameron
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Listen NOW wherever you get your podcasts, and join the Empire Club for bonus content and ad-free listening!
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December 31, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Listen NOW wherever you get your podcasts, and join the Empire Club for bonus content and ad-free listening!
empirepod.supportingcast.fm
empirepod.supportingcast.fm
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Who was Alice Seeley Harris?
Why was her Kodak Camera the most powerful weapon against King Leopold II's ruthless colonial rule?
How did she smuggle her photographs of the horrors going on in the Congo out of the country?
Why was her Kodak Camera the most powerful weapon against King Leopold II's ruthless colonial rule?
How did she smuggle her photographs of the horrors going on in the Congo out of the country?
December 31, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Who was Alice Seeley Harris?
Why was her Kodak Camera the most powerful weapon against King Leopold II's ruthless colonial rule?
How did she smuggle her photographs of the horrors going on in the Congo out of the country?
Why was her Kodak Camera the most powerful weapon against King Leopold II's ruthless colonial rule?
How did she smuggle her photographs of the horrors going on in the Congo out of the country?
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💥NEW EPISODE OUT 💥
Next up in our photography series, @anitaanand.bsky.social and @willdalrymple.bsky.social discuss the woman who took on a brutal empire ... and won!
Next up in our photography series, @anitaanand.bsky.social and @willdalrymple.bsky.social discuss the woman who took on a brutal empire ... and won!
December 31, 2025 at 11:57 AM
💥NEW EPISODE OUT 💥
Next up in our photography series, @anitaanand.bsky.social and @willdalrymple.bsky.social discuss the woman who took on a brutal empire ... and won!
Next up in our photography series, @anitaanand.bsky.social and @willdalrymple.bsky.social discuss the woman who took on a brutal empire ... and won!