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Two major voices in Sikh and Punjabi studies. One stage. One night. Birmingham.


This is the evening we'd previously announced with Dr Radha Kapuria, circumstances meant a change of guest, and we're honoured that‪@jvalaaa‬ now joins Professor Eleanor Nesbitt on stage.

Dr Kapuria will be with us for her own evening soon.

A live Ramblings podcast on Punjab's art, texts, memory and the stories history left untold. Audience Q&A, books, and food on the night.

Wednesday 8 October — 1 Colmore Square, Birmingham. Doors 5:30pm, event 6–9pm.

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Sat down today with Sarbpreet Singh, one of the finest storytellers of Sikh history. If you know his work, you know why this one matters.

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Had the pleasure of sitting down with Professor Audrey Truschke to talk about one of the most debated figures in South Asian history, Aurangzeb. Whatever your opinion of the man, this is a conversation worth listening to. Gateway episode and full podcast coming soon.

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I got a private tour of the Princesses of Punjab exhibition at Kensington Palace with historian Peter Bance.

The Kohinoor diamond, Maharaja Duleep Singh's family and a chapter of Punjabi/British South Asian history most people have never heard of, all inside one of Britain's most iconic buildings.

This is part 1 of a 4-part series.

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Just finished recording a podcast with Nicholas Higham about his book ‘How England Began: From Roman Britian to the Anglo-Saxons’ not quite sure what we were laughing about in this shot but it was a fascinating podcast and I can’t wait to share it with you all.



Thanks to Yale University Press for organising this.

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On Tuesday I had the absolute privilege to record at Kensington Palace for their upcoming Princesses of Punjab exhibition that opens on Thursday, 26th March. It was an honour and absolutely fascinating to talk to Polly Putnam, Curator of Collections and Dr Mishka Sinha, Curator for Inclusive History.

Watch this space, 2 podcasts, a private guided tour with Peter Bance and a vlog en route!

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The Babbulicious podcast episode coming out soon...

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Just finished recording with historian Caroline Sharples and this one was genuinely fascinating, especially if you have ever even remotely been interested in the death of Hitler.

We spoke about her new book, The Long Death of Adolf Hitler: An Investigative History and why the story of Hitler’s death did not end in April 1945.

No public body, no funeral, years before a death certificate, decades of competing investigations, rumours, conspiracy theories, Soviet silence and a long struggle to turn one death into accepted historical fact.


This was less about how Hitler died and more about why it took so long to make him dead in the legal, social, cultural and historical sense.

Coming soon on the channel. Subscribe so you do not miss it.

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