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The year 2023 marks the 70th anniversary of the first ascent of Everest, a feat achieved by a humble New Zealander and a supremely experienced Sherpa. But it had been a long trek before the world’s highest mountain had been conquered. Robin Ashcroft charts the trials, tragedies and triumphs that led to Hillary and Tenzing’s climb – and its implications for Britain on the world stage
As he becomes the first Anglo-Asian author to be the chairman of the prestigious Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, Vaseem Khan reflects on the shadow of Empire and why we should all learn from the past, not heedlessly tear it down