Sathnam Sanghera
Michael Berkeley's guest is the writer Sathnam Sanghera.
Sathnam Sanghera is a best-selling writer and journalist. He grew up in Wolverhampton to Punjabi parents in a home where, in his words, 鈥渘o one read books or owned them, let alone wrote them鈥. When he started school, he couldn鈥檛 speak English but he went to graduate from Cambridge University with a first-class degree in English Language and Literature.
He started out writing for newspapers, winning the Young Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards in 2002. He now writes for The Times. In 2008 he published his memoir of his early life called The Boy With the Topknot.
More recently he has focused on our colonial history. In 2021 he published Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain, which was named a Book of the Year at the National Book Awards. Then came Empireworld: How British Imperialism has shaped the Globe, which quickly became a best-seller.
Sathnam's musical choices include Bach, John Coltrane, Debussy and Jasdeep Singh Degun.
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Bob Montgomery
Misty Blue
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Claude Debussy
Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- DG.
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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Koi Bole Ram Ram
Performer: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.- The Best of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
- Tehuti.
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Billy Strayhorn
Lush Life
Performer: John Coltrane.- John Coltrane And Johnny Hartman.
- Verve Reissues.
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Nils Frahm
My Friend The Forest
Performer: Nils Frahm.- All Melody.
- Erased Tapes.
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Bob Telson
Calling You (Bagdad Caf茅)
Composer: Various Artists. Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Lyricist: Bob Telson. Singer: Nolwenn Leroy. Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic. Conductor: St茅phane Den猫ve.- Cinema.
- Warner Classics.
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Decisions
Performer: Taylor McFerrin. Performer: Emily King.- Brainfeeder.
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