EmpirelandIn his brilliantly illuminating book, Sathnam Sanghera demonstrates how so much of what we consider to be modern Britain is actually rooted in our imperial past. In prose that is, at once, both clear eyed and full of acerbic wit, Sanghera shows how our past is everywhere: from how we live to how we think, from the foundation of the NHS to the nature of our racism, from our distrust of intellectuals in public life to the exceptionalism that imbued the

and about those she calls the Spiriters

tells her about the Underground Railroad

This posthumous retrospective of the popular winner of the Costa Book of the Year with Inside the Wave (2017) covers ten collections written over four decades

Isn't that what we all wish we had more of

the place that once rejected her

Ever wanted to show just how much you know about roses

or gathering dust in the garage

and the need for female solidarity

the prices of plants sold by nurseries

it is difficult not to attribute human qualities to them'

Imagine you don't know your own darkest secret

she from the English working class