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Nov 17, 2023 · One Fine Day: Exposing the myth of benevolent imperialism. Without preaching, Matthew Parker tells the stories of a variety of colonies and uses imperialists’ own words and deeds to shed...
Oct 16, 2024 · Tony Carey rips into Rainbow after “A Fine, Fine Day”, just before “The First Day of Summer”. The memories of his days in Ritchie Blackmore ‘s Rainbow are not joyous ones for Tony Carey. The singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist was a member of the band for three years, and played keyboards on the Rainbow Rising and Live on ...
Dec 12, 2023 · Matthew Parker’s One Fine Day navigates the girth of Britain’s empire over 24 hours in 1923; Charlotte Lydia Riley’s Imperial Island offers a history of Britain since 1939 with the empire at the centre. Both books are full of ambition. Parker describes his as ‘a new way of looking at empire’.
This is a poignant indication of what had happened: Britain’s worldwide trading system, with harbours and trading points on various coastlines, had been extended inland as part of international rivalry for territory in the post-Palmerston era.
Feb 27, 2024 · Matthew Parker’s new book One Fine Day: 29 September 1923, Britain’s Empire on the Brink reminds us that it was only 100 years ago in 1923 that the British Empire was at its largest ever extent, having just absorbed a bunch of territories under League of Nations mandates following World War 1.
Once the Palestine Mandate officially takes effect, the British Empire—now covering a quarter of the world’s land and boasting a population of 460 million—is the largest the world has ever seen. But it is also an empire in rapid transition.
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Sep 26, 2023 · His most recent book, One Fine Day: Britain's Empire on the Brink, tells the story of of the empire on 29 September 1923, the day it reached what would turn out to be its maximum territorial extent. He lives in east London with his family and annoying dog.
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