The last Sikh princess of Lahore died alone in Pakistan. But Princess Bamba Duleep Singh was not supposed to be forgotten. She was the daughter of a stolen empire.

The British Empire wasn’t only built by kings, generals and soldiers...

During the rise of Hitler, an Indian princess was living in Germany. She would risk everything to save Jewish families from the Gestapo. She also loved another woman...

The princesses the British Empire tried to erase… One became a suffragette revolutionary. One helped Jewish families escape the Gestapo. One called herself the “Queen of Punjab”. And two vanished into the margins of history.

How did Tutankhamun die? 🤔

Did monotheism originate in Ancient Egypt?

Why did the world go crazy for Tutankhamun? And, what was Tutmania?

🚨MEMBERS’ EXCLUSIVE🚨 The Real Story Behind Tutankhamun’s Curse Was the world’s greatest archaeological discovery really followed by an ancient Egyptian curse? Find out 👇

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Ancient Egypt: Tutankhamun The Boy King His death mask is one of the most famous faces in history, but who was the real Tutankhamun? Join @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social + Campbell Price as they discuss the life, death and legacy of King Tut…

The mystery of Ancient Egypt's most famous woman...

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Ancient Egypt: Who Was Nefertiti? 👑 Join @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social + Aidan Dodson as they explore the life, power and afterlife of one of Ancient Egypt’s most iconic figures. Link to full episode in replies👇

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Ancient Egypt: The Fall of Akhenaten Why did Akhenaten’s name get struck from history after his death? Why did he build a new city in the desert? And who ruled Egypt after he died?

💥 NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY💥 Next in our EPIC series on the 1857 Indian Mutiny: @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social are joined by author Ira Mukhoty to discuss the rebel leader known as India’s Joan of Arc!

💥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!

💥NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY💥 Join @anitaanand.bsky.social and @willdalrymple.bsky.social as they discuss the man who photographed some of histories' most famous faces: 🇬🇧 Winston Churchill 🇬🇧 ☮️ Martin Luther King Jr.☮️ 🇨🇺 Fidel Castro 🇨🇺 👑 Queen Elizabeth II 👑 To name just a few!

💥NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY💥 Kicking off our BRAND NEW Eyes on Empire series, @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social discuss the one of the most sinister cameramen in history ... ... Hitler's photographer

💥NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY💥 For the LAST instalment of our Writers of Empire series, @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social are joined by Pulitzer Prize winner, Benjamin Moser, to discuss the always divisive V. S. Naipaul

⚡️ BONUS EPISODE OUT ⚡️ For the last part of our cricket saga, @anitaanand.bsky.social is once again joined by cricket journalist, Tim Wigmore, to discuss the sport's history in The West Indies and South Africa!

💥NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY💥 For the next part of our cricket mini-series, we turn to the country with the largest cricket fanbase in the world ... 🇮🇳 India 🇮🇳

💥NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY💥 Joined by cricket journalist Tim Wigmore, @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social kick off their series on the colonial history of one of the world's most popular sports ... 🏏CRICKET🏏

💥NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY💥 Following on from last week, @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social dive into the complex history of everyone's favourite journalist with a quiff ... ... Tintin!

💥NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY💥 What's the colonial history of your favourite cartoons? In this episode... 🇫🇷Asterix and Obelix 🇫🇷 vs 🐘 Babar The Elephant🐘

⏰NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY⏰ Austen and Brontë: Unmasking Slavery Heiresses @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social are joined by Dr Miranda Kauffman, to discuss the often-ignored connections between these famous authors and slavery heiresses.

You all really need to subscribe to @empirepoduk.bsky.social with @anitaanand.bsky.social & @willdalrymple.bsky.social. The John Buchan bonus episode with Murray Pittock was great craic, as he & william went full clanjamfrie. Brilliant stuff. Buchan in the shopping cart.

Episode 2 of our Orwell miniseries out NOW.. 🪖Fighting Fascism In The Spanish Civil War🪖 Like Hemingway and Laurie Lee, the idealist writer George Orwell joined the Republican forces in Spain to fight General Franco, with his experiences inspiring Homage To Catalonia...

As the ceasefire in Gaza comes into action, today's Empire episode goes back to the 1920s when the British occupied the region. The Black and Tans, fresh from the Irish War of Independence, arrive in Mandate Palestine to violently impose imperial order, & tensions are rising...

Richard The Lionheart and Saladin are lionised in popular culture, and the Crusades is a story that many Europeans know well - but how does this epic history crossover with the history of Gaza?

THE HISTORY OF GAZA SERIES CONTINUES... Episode 4 ☪︎ Gaza & The Islamic Conquest ☪︎ @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social are joined by Peter Sarris to discuss how the Arabs rapidly conquered vast territories in the seventh century, including Gaza...

Our Gaza series continues... ANCIENT GAZA: FROM THE ASSYRIANS TO THE ROMANS @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social are joined by @josephinequinn.bsky.social to discuss the 5 ancient empires that conquered Gaza...

I was so honoured to talk to @empirepoduk.bsky.social about Gaza. Nothing else to say: please listen.

⭐NEW SERIES LAUNCH DAY⭐ Gaza is one of the oldest urban centres on Earth, and today we start a series in which we explore its long history... In Episode 1, @anitaanand.bsky.social and @willdalrymple.bsky.social are joined by Josephine Quinn to discuss Philistines and Pharaohs in Ancient Gaza.

Who's been listening to our SUEZ CRISIS series? Episode 4 is out today! How did Britain and France almost start World War 3 in 1956? Who was Anthony Eden and why did he hate Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser? Why was the Suez Canal so vital to European oil supplies in the 1950s?

Did Eden deceive the Queen about collusion with Israel over Suez? The episode made for one of the most gripping episodes of The Crown- but what was the truth? Don't miss the latest episode @empirepoduk.bsky.social to discover!

💥 NEW SERIES LAUNCH DAY 💥 🌏The Five Partitions That Reshaped Modern Asia🌏 Episode 1... INDIA'S FIRST PARTITION: BURMA'S BREXIT @anitaanand.bsky.social and @willdalrymple.bsky.social discuss Burma's dramatic separation from India in 1937.

New from @empirepoduk.bsky.social The French Attempt to Build the Panama Canal

NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY... Canada's Dark Secret: Stolen Children, Unmarked Graves, & Survival Stories What was life like for Indigenous children forced to attend Residential Schools in Canada in the and 1900s?

The next chapter in our @empirepoduk.bsky.social Canada miniseries is OUT TODAY 🇨🇦 Colonising Canada: The Truth Behind 'The Last of The Mohicans' Is there any truth in the film 'The Last of The Mohicans' and how did the French and Indian War that it's based on change the make-up of Canada?

The History of the countries on Trump's Shopping List Continues with... Canada 🇨🇦 🇨🇦NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY🇨🇦 Colonising Canada: Kidnapping, Scurvy, & Fool's Gold

⚔️NEW SERIES LAUNCHES TODAY! ⚔️ We explore the history of the countries on Trump's Shopping List, starting with Greenland! Episode 1... 🧊Viking Greenland: Erik The Red & Horny Zombies 🧊

All 5 of our episodes on the YALTA CONFERENCE are out now! 80 years on since the pivotal conference between the Big Three - Stalin, FDR, & Churchill - what really happened behind the smiley photos and the grand feasts as the post-war world was carved up?

New from @EmpirePodUK THE BURNING OF THE IMPERIAL SUMMER PALACE: The Second Opium War & the Century of Humiliation

Have you been enjoying our series on VICTORIAN NARCOS - The Opium Wars? Episode 6 out today: SELLING DRUGS TO QUEEN VICTORIA

New from @EmpirePodUK NARCOGEDDON- HOW THE EAST INDIA COMPANY FLOODED CHINA WITH OPIUM

In the final chapter of our Ireland story @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social are joined by the brilliant @fotoole.bsky.social to discuss how Ireland has transformed since the mid-20th century. Ireland Transformed: From Banning Condoms to Exporting Viagra ✨EPISODE OUT TODAY✨

Episode 2 of our Troubles 4-parter is out today... BLOODY SUNDAY & THE BRITISH ARMY IN BELFAST What was the British Army’s policy of “Internment” in Northern Ireland, and how did it drive membership for the Provisional IRA? Who was General Kitson?

As we reach the last few chapters of our series on Ireland and Empire, we begin our 4-parter on THE TROUBLES A complex violent conflict that was both an anti-colonial uprising and a sectarian war, The Troubles put Northern Ireland on the global stage as violence continued for 30 years...

✨🗺️ 🍺☕ TICKETS ON SALE NOW☕🍺🗺️ ✨ This summer join your favourite historians @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social LIVE in Glasgow, Birmingham, York and Bristol to discuss the fascinating imperial history of Booze & Brews!! Buy your tickets here: aegp.uk/EmpireLive2025

NEW EPISODE IN OUR IRELAND SERIES Colonising Ireland: The First Plantations What’s the difference between plantations in Ireland and plantations in the Caribbean? What is the history behind Derry/Londonderry being referred to as "Stroke City"?

NEW SERIES LAUNCH DAY... Ireland & Empire Ireland was used by England as a laboratory for imperialism, and it was the site of bloody colonial wars for centuries, yet many people in the neighbouring United Kingdom have little understanding of Ireland’s history.

How did Brexit, Russia-Ukraine, & Trump's re-election affect the fate of Britain's last colony, The Chagos Islands? In today's episode @anitaanand.bsky.social and @willdalrymple.bsky.social are joined by Philippe Sands to discuss his case against the British government...