20 Nov, 2024

Nigel Biggar on the Moral Complexities of the British Empire | "Let's go conquer the world"

On Afternoon Light #173 Georgina Downer speaks with Nigel Biggar, author of Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning, to discuss how demonising the past has real-world consequences for the present. Unpacking the moral ambiguities of the British Empire, as a series of conquests and administrations that emerged ad hoc, and which frequently produced contradictions.