Before Britain was Christian, its gods lived in forests, rivers and stone. From Druids and Roman conquest to Saint Patrick, Picts and Vikings, our new six-part series uncovers the beliefs that shaped the British Isles. A THREAD... 🧵

🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨 Are tech giants the new East India Company? 💻 Silicon Valley’s dark origins 💰 Musk, Bezos and the new imperialists 🌍 How PayPal, X and Amazon followed an imperial blueprint @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social find out...

Today on Empire, @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social get into the legacy of the Algerian War and its surprising connection to far-right leader, Marine Le Pen... Listen/watch now wherever you get your podcasts, link in replies 👇

🚨NEW EARLY ACCESS EPISODE🚨 @anitaanand.bsky.social speaks with legendary documentarian Ken Burns on Native land, George Washington, the Civil War, Vietnam and America’s imperial past. SIGN UP TO WATCH VIA LINK IN REPLIES 👇

Mount Rushmore is one of America’s most famous monuments. But behind the four presidential faces is a much darker story. A story of sacred land seized by force, a mountain transformed into propaganda, and a sculptor with disturbing ties to the Ku Klux Klan.

🚨NEW EARLY ACCESS EPISODE 🚨 The Dark Truth Behind Mount Rushmore Join @anitaanand.bsky.social and Matthew Davis as they discuss the surprising history behind one of America's most famous landmarks... Sign up via link in replies to watch today 👇

Princesses Irene and Pauline Duleep Singh were born into royalty, exile and silence. They were daughters of the last Maharaja of the Punjab. Yet unlike their sisters, their lives were pushed almost entirely into the shadows.

The last Sikh princess of Lahore died alone in Pakistan. But Princess Bamba Duleep Singh was not supposed to be forgotten. She was the daughter of a stolen empire.

The British Empire wasn’t only built by kings, generals and soldiers...

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...

The princesses the British Empire tried to erase… One became a suffragette revolutionary. One helped Jewish families escape the Gestapo. One called herself the “Queen of Punjab”. And two vanished into the margins of history.

How did Tutankhamun die? 🤔

Did monotheism originate in Ancient Egypt?

Why did the world go crazy for Tutankhamun? And, what was Tutmania?

🚨MEMBERS’ EXCLUSIVE🚨 The Real Story Behind Tutankhamun’s Curse Was the world’s greatest archaeological discovery really followed by an ancient Egyptian curse? Find out 👇

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Ancient Egypt: Tutankhamun The Boy King His death mask is one of the most famous faces in history, but who was the real Tutankhamun? Join @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social + Campbell Price as they discuss the life, death and legacy of King Tut…

The mystery of Ancient Egypt's most famous woman...

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Ancient Egypt: Who Was Nefertiti? 👑 Join @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social + Aidan Dodson as they explore the life, power and afterlife of one of Ancient Egypt’s most iconic figures. Link to full episode in replies👇

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Ancient Egypt: The Fall of Akhenaten Why did Akhenaten’s name get struck from history after his death? Why did he build a new city in the desert? And who ruled Egypt after he died?

💥 NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY💥 Next in our EPIC series on the 1857 Indian Mutiny: @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social are joined by author Ira Mukhoty to discuss the rebel leader known as India’s Joan of Arc!

💥NEW EPISODE OUT 💥 Next up in our photography series, @anitaanand.bsky.social and @willdalrymple.bsky.social discuss the woman who took on a brutal empire ... and won!

💥NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY💥 Join @anitaanand.bsky.social and @willdalrymple.bsky.social as they discuss the man who photographed some of histories' most famous faces: 🇬🇧 Winston Churchill 🇬🇧 ☮️ Martin Luther King Jr.☮️ 🇨🇺 Fidel Castro 🇨🇺 👑 Queen Elizabeth II 👑 To name just a few!

💥NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY💥 Kicking off our BRAND NEW Eyes on Empire series, @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social discuss the one of the most sinister cameramen in history ... ... Hitler's photographer

💥NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY💥 For the LAST instalment of our Writers of Empire series, @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social are joined by Pulitzer Prize winner, Benjamin Moser, to discuss the always divisive V. S. Naipaul

⚡️ BONUS EPISODE OUT ⚡️ For the last part of our cricket saga, @anitaanand.bsky.social is once again joined by cricket journalist, Tim Wigmore, to discuss the sport's history in The West Indies and South Africa!

💥NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY💥 For the next part of our cricket mini-series, we turn to the country with the largest cricket fanbase in the world ... 🇮🇳 India 🇮🇳

💥NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY💥 Joined by cricket journalist Tim Wigmore, @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social kick off their series on the colonial history of one of the world's most popular sports ... 🏏CRICKET🏏

💥NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY💥 Following on from last week, @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social dive into the complex history of everyone's favourite journalist with a quiff ... ... Tintin!

💥NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY💥 What's the colonial history of your favourite cartoons? In this episode... 🇫🇷Asterix and Obelix 🇫🇷 vs 🐘 Babar The Elephant🐘

⏰NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY⏰ Austen and Brontë: Unmasking Slavery Heiresses @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social are joined by Dr Miranda Kauffman, to discuss the often-ignored connections between these famous authors and slavery heiresses.