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And you've got the empress, who... mumtaz mahal. yeah, mumtaz, the empress mumtaz, who died in the 1630s. and she's wearing these denim jeans. so what's the, what's the idea behind this particular piece? well, i mean, all of the artworks were inspired by, to a certain extent, historical collections in national museums liverpool. and as part of our research, we were looking at different objects and seeing how we could tie into the history of indian textiles. so we came across this pair of blue jeans which were locally made by a brand in liverpool, and just trying to make those connections. we w...

Who were colonised under british rule. who were often looked upon as not having any place here, that they don't belong here, but they clearly have contributed. let me tell you what the british asian writer sathnam sanghera has said on this programme when he was a guest, and he says, "there's no more thorny subject than empire in britain." it's a long quote, but i'll say it to you. "the british empire," he says, "is at the centre of a culture war between left and right, in which whatever your intentions, you get drawn into the question of whether it was good or bad. "this balance sheet view of ...

At the roots of the fabric denim, famously made injeans. and you've got the empress, who... mumtaz mahal. yeah, mumtaz, the empress mumtaz, who died in the 1630s. and she's wearing these denim jeans. so what's the, what's the idea behind this particular piece? well, i mean, all of the artworks were inspired by, to a certain extent, historical collections in national museums liverpool. and as part of our research, we were looking at different objects and seeing how we could tie into the history of indian textiles. so we came across this pair of blue jeans which were locally made by a brand in l...

Always been the case through history as well. so, making that link, in the same artwork, we have britannia sitting on the horizon and it's making that link again to the past history of empire and how, you know, our country today was built on the backs of peoples from other countries who were colonised under british rule. who were often looked upon as not having any place here, that they don't belong here, but they clearly have contributed. let me tell you what the british asian writer sathnam sanghera has said on this programme when he was a guest, and he says, "there's no more thorny subject ...

Wondering, you know, today, does the industry use indigo or indian indigo to dye the jeans? and as part of that research, it uncovered the history of denim itself, which, of course, jeans are made from, and the fact that this denim fabric apparently originated back in the 1600s in a little village called dongri, near bombay, in india a fishing village... today is mumbai. mumbai, of course, sorry. and, you know, it was the fabric that was used by the fishing villagers and then adopted by visiting sailors, you know, the italians and all the other people that were coming to india to trade, and th...