Kit Kowol’s first book, released at the end of 2024, achieves the rare feat of fundamentally revising our understanding of British politics and society during the Second World War.

Britain's colonies sent over two and a half million men to fight for Britain during the war. India sent the most soldiers. At that time, India included both Pakistan and Bangladesh. British ...

The study of Empire ... British Empire, (Penguin, 2002 edn); Jane Gourdam, Old Filth (Failed in London, try Hong Kong) (Hachette Digital, 2014 edn); Nadifa Mohamed, The Orchard of the Lost Souls (2016 ...