Scottish historian & art historian; @EmpirePodUK.bsky.social podcaster & Jaipur Lit Fest co-director. Visiting Fellow at All Souls, Oxford. Writes the occasional book.
William Dalrymple
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Economist Paul Krugman: 'I think that very few Americans realize that were no longer unambiguously the world’s biggest economy'
Watch more from his conversation with Martin Wolf at the #FTWeekendFestival: ft.trib.al/CWqPrl0
My brother explains why he sold the Bass Rock, which had been in the family for 320 years
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In the FT this morning- on Panarea
"William Dalrymple: the enchanting Italian island with echoes of a lost civilisation" - www.ft.com/content/a7f5... via @FT
ICYMI: A sweeping new assessment of the Subcontinent’s star player. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t... @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social @willdalrymple.bsky.social #booksky
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...
In the middle of the Swedish edition of Stoltenbergs book about his time as NATO sec gen and apparently he was reading @willdalrymple.bsky.social during a visit to Afghanistan.
Sir Hew Dalrymple has sold the wildlife haven, which has been in his family for 320 years, to the RSPB to protect its colonies of northern gannets and puffins
Princess Catherine Duleep Singh was one of the daughters of the last Maharaja of the Punjab.
Born into royalty, dispossession and exile, her life would take her from the courtly circles of Britain to the terrifying heart of Nazi Germany.
Known by some as the “Indian Schindler”, Catherine used her position, resources and courage to rescue Jewish families from the Gestapo.
Her story is one of resistance, loyalty and extraordinary moral courage.
In Episode 2 of this extraordinary mini-series, @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social uncover the hidden life of Princess Catherine Duleep Singh, one of the remarkable daughters of the last Maharaja of the Punjab.
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As Hitler rose to power, Catherine was living in Germany with her partner, Lina Schäfer.
A princess of Indian descent, openly devoted to another woman, watching as the country around her descended into fascism.
William Dalrymple
Financial Times
On Panarea, the smallest of the Aeolian Islands, the historian finds fresh fish, elegant villas — and traces of an ancient society
