Erik Linstrum

Though his relics are reviled, his impact is more keenly felt than ever. Can The Colonialist: The Vision of Cecil Rhodes by William Kelleher Storey find the man for our time?

‘In the US, people often think of British history as quaint or niche, instead of a central force in the making of global modernity.’

Did the British Empire have a culture?

The promise of exotic thrills in distant lands built up expectations which inevitably collided with a mundane reality in the British Empire.