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Britain s Imperial Legacy: It s Absolutely Everywhere
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The Empire Strikes Back | Sathnam Sanghera’s Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain
Sathnam Sanghera’s Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain peers through a fog of amnesia and nostalgia to investigate how colonialism made Britain what it is today.
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In the main building of the United Kingdom’s Foreign Office in Whitehall is a marble-floored plaza formerly known as the Grand Durbar Court of the India Office. It’s flanked by artefacts of the British empire, among them a painting by Spiridione Roma entitled
The East Offering its Riches to Britannia.
Originally commissioned in 1778 by the East India Company, this depicts a dark-skinned character representing India holding up her treasures to fair Britannia. China and Indonesia await their turn, among others, while a John Company vessel laden with the riches of the East is visible on the horizon.