is deeply misleading? well, my guest is the british indian writer sathnam sanghera, whose bestselling book empire land challenges the dominant british view of the empire and its legacy. is britain one of many countries struggling to tell the truth about its past and present? sathnam sanghera, welcome to hardtalk. thanks for having me on. it s a great pleasure to have you on. i want to start with a very personal question. you are a great success. your book empire land has become a bestseller. you write for some of britain s most prestigious newspapers. yet your writing is full of unease about the country in which you live, which you call home. how do you put those two together? well, i think if you understand your history, you learn to appreciate it more. there s an idea in britain that in order to be proud of being british, you need to be proud of british history. but, actually, that s an idiotic thing, because what does that mean? i mean, are you proud of abolition? are you
in his state alone. and after a diversity row, can this year s nominations help the golden globes restore its reputation? hello, and welcome to the programme. key information about the severity of the latest covid variant has begun to emerge from south africa. the country was the first to identify omicron and doctors say early indications are the number of deaths, and people needing intensive care, is lower than at the same stage in previous waves of the virus. our africa correspondent andrew harding reports. behind andrew harding reports. their masks, south africans behind their masks, south africans have watched the omicron variants rent through this country. but although hospital admissions are climbing here, the early data is now being widely interpreted as encouraging. take the number of people needing oxygen or intensive care in the city where omicron was first detected. in where omicron was first detected- where omicron was first detected. ,., , detected. in the past