Stuart Ward on Untied Kingdom: A Global History of the End of Britain

New Books in Economic and Business History | 16 May 2025 | 1h 15m | Listen Later | Podcasts | Spotify

Interview with Stuart Ward about his book Untied Kingdom: A Global History of the End of Britain. Tells the history of the end of Britain, tracing how Britishness has been discarded across the globe since the end of the Second World War. Discusses the demise of Britishness as a global civic idea and its impact on communities around the world; the consequences of this diminished 'global reach' in Britain itself; and puts the contemporary travails of the Union in their global context as part of the much larger story of the progressive rollback of Britain's imaginative frontiers.