Spotlight: Why Britain can’t face up to the empire’s past
December 20, 2022
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Episode 849 · December 20, 2022
Spotlight: Why Britain can’t face up to the empire’s past
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<p>This year, the only head of state that most Australians have ever known died.</p><p>It led to an outpouring of grief and mourning, particularly in the UK, but that wasn’t the only side of the story.</p><p>There were also protests, marches and an attempt from some to reckon with the monarchy’s colonial past.</p><p>Today we’re featuring this episode from September with the United Kingdom’s first Professor of Black Studies and author of <em>The New Age of Empire</em>, Kehinde Andrews, on what the monarchy represents today.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
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